The Apostle Paul is quick to let his friends know that he isn’t complaining. His happiness doesn’t depend on circumstances or things.
Most of us have learned how to “be abased” because when difficulties come we run to the Lord. But few have learned how “to abound”. Prosperity has done more damage to believers than has adversity.
Through trial and testing, Paul found the wonderful secret of contentment. It was the power of Christ within him. Unless we draw on the deep resources of God by faith, we fail against the pressures of life.
"I can through Christ” was Paul’s motto, and it can be our motto. We have adequate power within that’s needed for the demands of life. We only need to release it by faith.
