Philippians 4.11 - Learning Contentment

Philippians 4.11 - Learning Contentment

The Apostle John taught the imperative of faith. Long before, Father Abe walked that talk. Scripture unfolds One Story about One God who called a people to believe and obey through saving grace. The Old Covenant zooms out -showing the grand scale of God’s Kingdom. We don’t get many details about the ‘inner life’ of Abraham, the father of all who believe.  Rather, his story is painted with broad brush strokes as he walks with God for 100 years, holding on in faith to a few rare Words from God. We are left to only imagine his soul’s grappling. But, by contrast, the New Covenant zooms in to reveal the Kingdom’s inward transforming power. Perhaps these New Covenant words of a great son of Abraham, capture the yearning of our father in Genesis 13 – “ I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content” (Philippians 4:11).