Paul tells us to be content in all circumstances (Phil 4:11). For Paul that meant finding contentment amid shipwrecks, beatings, and persecution. But I need not wait around for a shipwreck to prove my contentment in all circumstances. The call to contentment is a call amidst the concrete circumstances I find myself in today. I need to find joy and reject despair in the moment I’m in, in the midst of small pressures and needling anxieties.
