BBD 05.28.21 Got an Attitude? (Classic)
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Classic from 1999
The Burning Bush Devotional
28 May 2021
Got an Attitude?
Rejoice in
the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice! Let your gentleness be known to all
men. The Lord is at hand.
Be anxious
for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication,
with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the
peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and
minds through Christ Jesus.
Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever
things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever
things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever
things are of good report, if there is any virtue and
if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things. The things which you learned and received and heard and saw in
me, these do, and the God of peace will be with you. – Philippians 4:4-9.
Paul
had an attitude! His attitude was one of rejoicing no matter what. When the
letter to Philippi was written Paul was under house arrest in Rome knowing that
he could very well be executed. In addition, there were those who were trying
to add to Paul's troubles. But Paul was able to rejoice in spite of his
circumstances. How? With each difficulty Paul was able to see good coming out
of them (Philippians 1:13-18).
Paul
could also have joy in spite of people. There were people in the church at
Philippi that were causing trouble. There was a false teacher (Philippians 3:1-3) and a division in the
church (Philippians 4:1-3). Paul could have joy because he followed the example of Jesus (2:5). Paul said to have an humble spirit (2:3), think about the other person's situation
(Walk a mile in their shoes - 2:4), don't murmur and complain (2:14).
Paul had
joy too in spite of the lack of the things of this world. Before Paul was a
Christian he had “arrived” in the Jewish world. He was
the “Hebrew of Hebrews” (Philippians 3:4-8). Those things were actually robbing Paul of true joy. Jesus says in Luke 12:15, “... for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the
things which he possesseth.”
Worry
was another problem that could have kept Paul from having joy. In Philippians 4:6-9, Paul tells us how to
cope with worry. We cope with worry by praying right (4:6-7). We cope with worry by thinking right (4:8). We not only need to pray right and think
right but we also need to live right to be free of worry (4:9).
Got an
attitude? I hope it is an attitude like Paul's!
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