“...I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content.” Those words caught me off guard this morning. My first pass I read it as “I’ve learned to be content when life is not good.” But that’s NOT what it says. Paul says he’s learned to be content in both abundance and need. And I thought, Why would I need to learn to be content in abundance?? Isn’t that when life is good and everything is easy? So here’s what’s easy about living in abundance: -It’s easy to put my trust and worth in my circumstances and take it away from God -It’s easy to stop looking for how God will work because I feel like I have a handle on life -It’s easy to be discontent with my abundance and want MORE abundance -It’s easy to develop a hoarding attitude and want to store away abundance for my days of need instead of sharing with those around me Maybe contentment is just as difficult in abundance as it is in need.