Daily Devotions
February 16th, 2026 by Pastor SolleyPhil 4:11-13 Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.
12 I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.
13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
KJV
The Bible speaks here of a lesson the Apostle Paul had to learn in verse eleven, to be content. Some lessons are very hard to learn, this one included. Paul, then known as Saul, was a Pharisee, but Paul was not content. Paul, then known as Saul, was a very powerful man with great authority, but Paul was not content. Paul, then known as Saul, was a free man because he was a Roman citizen, but Paul was not content. Paul, then known as Saul, was a highly educated man, but Paul was not content. Paul, then known as Saul, had all the world had to offer him at that time, but Paul was not content. It was only after Paul was born again and gave his life to Jesus Christ, only after Paul counted all the things he had as loss, gave up all that he had of the world, that Paul found contentment. (Phil 3:8 Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,) What made the difference? Paul learned that when he was walking in the will of God, that when he was following Jesus, then and only then could he be truly content and satisfied with life. It is often a hard lesson to learn but a very valuable one. We suffer many disappointments in this life, many discouragements, many trials, and often they may come our way to help us learn to be content in the will of God.