I found something truly worth sharing in a devotional by Charles Spurgeon today! Here is it:
"I know how to abound."— Phil 4:12
There are many who know "how to be abased" who have not learned "how to abound." When they are set upon the top of a pinnacle their heads grow dizzy, and they are ready to fall. The Christian far oftener disgraces his profession in prosperity than in adversity. It is a dangerous thing to be prosperous. The crucible of adversity is a less severe trial to the Christian than the fining-pot of prosperity. Oh, what leanness of soul and neglect of spiritual things have been brought on through the very mercies and bounties of God! Yet this is not a matter of necessity, for the apostle tells us that he knew how to abound. When he had much he knew how to use it. Abundant grace enabled him to bear abundant prosperity. When he had a full sail he was loaded with much ballast, and so floated safely. It needs more than human skill to carry the brimming cup of mortal joy with a steady hand, yet Paul had learned that skill, for he declares, "In all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry." It is a divine lesson to know how to be full, .... When we have much of God's providential mercies, it often happens that we have ... little gratitude for the bounties we have received. We are full and we forget God: satisfied with earth, we are content to do without heaven. Rest assured it is harder to know how to be full than it is to know how to be hungry—so desperate is the tendency of human nature to pride and forgetfulness of God. Take care that you ask in your prayers that God would teach you "how to be full."
"I know how to abound."— Phil 4:12
There are many who know "how to be abased" who have not learned "how to abound." When they are set upon the top of a pinnacle their heads grow dizzy, and they are ready to fall. The Christian far oftener disgraces his profession in prosperity than in adversity. It is a dangerous thing to be prosperous. The crucible of adversity is a less severe trial to the Christian than the fining-pot of prosperity. Oh, what leanness of soul and neglect of spiritual things have been brought on through the very mercies and bounties of God! Yet this is not a matter of necessity, for the apostle tells us that he knew how to abound. When he had much he knew how to use it. Abundant grace enabled him to bear abundant prosperity. When he had a full sail he was loaded with much ballast, and so floated safely. It needs more than human skill to carry the brimming cup of mortal joy with a steady hand, yet Paul had learned that skill, for he declares, "In all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry." It is a divine lesson to know how to be full, .... When we have much of God's providential mercies, it often happens that we have ... little gratitude for the bounties we have received. We are full and we forget God: satisfied with earth, we are content to do without heaven. Rest assured it is harder to know how to be full than it is to know how to be hungry—so desperate is the tendency of human nature to pride and forgetfulness of God. Take care that you ask in your prayers that God would teach you "how to be full."
I copied just some of this as the language was a little difficult, but you can get the message clearly! We have often found at The Spoken Word Church that some have no problem being diligent with Bible study and church attendance when they are in desperate need, but once the answer comes, they fall off in diligence! Some even end up in a worse situation than they started in! Make sure that YOU know (to perceive and understand) HOW to abound! Remember to remind yourself that: For anything good, give God the credit, thanksgiving and praise! For anything bad, DON'T blame God! Find out the adjustment that's needed and make it! John 8:32 says this:
32 And you will know the Truth, and the Truth will set you free. AMP
Stay diligent in the Word of God whether you are in need or you are abounding in blessing! The TRUTH of God's Word that sets you free, is very needful to KEEP you free! AMEN! Here is Hillsong with "Grace Abounds":
Shalom in Him!
32 And you will know the Truth, and the Truth will set you free. AMP
Stay diligent in the Word of God whether you are in need or you are abounding in blessing! The TRUTH of God's Word that sets you free, is very needful to KEEP you free! AMEN! Here is Hillsong with "Grace Abounds":
Shalom in Him!
