Philippians 1: 1-3
Note: For the Summer we are reprinting some devotions that ran back when we were getting this site up and running. Hopefully this is new content to you, and we will get back into writing fresh devotions as our schedule allows.
1Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus,
To all the saints in Christ Jesus at Philippi, together with the overseers and deacons:
2Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
We're going to start working through the book of Philippians but before we get started I think it's important to put this book into it's context. Context just means what's happening around it. So I want to take a moment to tell you about what was happening as Paul was writing this book. You see, the main points that are made and will keep coming up in this study are having joy in all circumstances, being humble, and being in unity with other believers. What's crazy, esp. about the joy part, is that Paul wrote this letter while he was in prison, and his future was uncertain. As he was writing, he really didn't know if he was going to live or die. And prisons back then were nothing like prisons of today. Let's just say there weren't any bathrooms, and leave it at that. So when Paul says in ch 4 that he's learned the secret to being happy in any circumstance, it's probably a good thing to pay attention to him, 'cause I don't know how happy I'd be in his position.
-Jeff-
