Paul: An example of Resilience
"But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at last you have revived your concern for me; indeed, you were concerned before, but you lacked opportunity. Not that I speak from want, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am. I know how to get along with humble means, and I also know how to live in prosperity; in any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and suffering need." (Philippians 4:10-12 NASB1995) According to Oxford languages resilience is: " the capacity of recovering quickly from difficulties; tough." Paul was a tough guy, no doubt. He used to be a persecutor of Christians. For sure you needed to be tough to be a persecutor. To do that arduous task was for sure no easy thing. But, the most impacting thing I see from the above passage is the expression " I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am". Wow, how do you do that? That's ama...