Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content (Philippians 4:11).
The life the Master lived here on earth was so impressive. Jesus was far removed from the decadence of the world, the penury around Him and the corruption and failure of His society. He lived far above, and beyond the government and systems of the day when He walked the earth.
We donβt find Jesus interfering with their politics or trying to do something about their economy. In other words, He didnβt bring some strange or heavenly currency into their system, yet He was never limited by money. Money was His slave. He was self-sufficient. Whatever He required, He didnβt need to call out to heaven; He brought it forth from within.
This is the life that Heβs given us: Heβs made us self-sufficient, to function above and beyond the systems of this world. He said youβre in the world, but not of the world. That means youβre not to be ruled, dominated or influenced by the systems, that is the crippling and corrupting influences in todayβs world. You play by a different set of rules. Many around you may be influenced, and provoked to compromise as a result of the corruption in todayβs world, but be like Jesus. Be independent of circumstances.
Think and talk like Paul, who said, βBut my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesusβ (Philippians 4:19). In the eleventh verse, while in prison, he wrote: βNot that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content (independent of circumstances)β (Philippians 4:11). He was self-sufficient. Furthermore, he said, βI can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth meβ (Philippians 4:13).
Refuse to be enslaved by the system of this world; live above and beyond it. Thatβs the only way. Learn Godβs Word and operate a law thatβs higher than the law that runs in the systems of this world. Job 22:29 says, βWhen men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting upβ¦.β Keep your head up high and maintain your faith-composure. When it seems like youβre beginning to feel the pressure, donβt give in; keep doing the Word. Shut yourself in and talk the Word. Hallelujah!
PRAYER
I live above the economy and economics of this world. Iβm immune to the hardships, corruption and decadence that ravage the lives of men. I live in the Word, and therefore, in victory and triumph always, in Jesusβ Name. Amen.
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FURTHER STUDY:
Philippians 4:19 But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
Matthew 17:27 Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: that take, and give unto them for me and thee.
2 Corinthians 3:5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency [is] of God;
1-Year Bible Reading Plan:
Matthew 8:1-27, Genesis 25-26
2-Year Bible Reading Plan:
Acts 8:1-13, Esther 1-2
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