Jesus empowers us to find contentment in every circumstance. No matter what is happening in your life, you can find peace and fulfillment through your faith in Jesus. Watch now and discover the secret to true contentment in all aspects of your life.
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In Chapter 16:16-34 (NLT)
Luke told what happened when Paul cast a demon out of a fortune telling girl and her masters got upset because she could no longer make money for him telling fortunes. A mob formed. Accusations were made. Paul and Silas were arrested. Acts 16:
22 A mob quickly formed against Paul and Silas, and the city officials ordered them stripped and beaten with wooden rods. 23 They were severely beaten, and then they were thrown into prison. The jailer was ordered to make sure they didn’t escape. 24 So the jailer put them into the inner dungeon and clamped their feet in the stocks.
25 Around midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening. 26 Suddenly, there was a massive earthquake, and the prison was shaken to its foundations. All the doors immediately flew open, and the chains of every prisoner fell off! 27 The jailer woke up to see the prison doors wide open. He assumed the prisoners had escaped, so he drew his sword to kill himself. 28 But Paul shouted to him, “Stop! Don’t kill yourself! We are all here!”
29 The jailer called for lights and ran to the dungeon and fell down trembling before Paul and Silas. 30 Then he brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
31 They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, along with everyone in your household.”
Paul and Silas responded to being put in prison and being savagely beaten by singing and praying! But who sings when your back is on fire with pain, with blood still flowing from your untreated wounds?
What a story! Even greater, what a response to being unjustly arrested, beaten, and placed in stocks in a prison cell!!
Paul didn’t hate the jailer. He didn’t walk out of the open jail door while the jailer was getting up. He even told the jailer they were all there so he wouldn’t kill himself.
Jesus enables us to be content in all circumstances.
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.
John 14:27 NIV
Paul wants us to know the secret of his contentment wasn’t himself.
For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
Paul was okay with his own weakness, because He knew that when he needed Him most, God would be there giving him strength.
God will do the same for you.