The Secret of Facing Every Situation ~ Dr. John Hunter

One of the greatest texts of the Christian faith is Philippians 4:13: “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” (NKJV). This was Paul’s cry of defiance to a world that closed in on him from every side. The epistle to the Philippians is a most blessed letter which has brought strong encouragement to God’s people everywhere. It demonstrates Paul’s capacity to live above his circumstances through a strength that was not his own.

It should be a challenging thought to us today to consider what sort of letters we would write if we were in prison, with no real charge against us, but with no real hope of regaining our freedom. We would have every ground for complaint, every reason to grumble and moan about how we were suffering for the Lord’s sake. How strange and refreshing it is to read these words of Paul in Philippians and see the way he rode above the complaints. Far from being a tragic picture of injured spiritual innocence, he emerges as a joyous victor. Instead of making his letter a rousing call for special prayer support in his tragic imprisonment, he uses the letter to build up and encourage the faith of those to whom he was writing. Paul had a secret which was in full operation, a secret which turned seeming tragedy into glorious triumph. READ MORE

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