{"id":3294,"date":"2026-03-10T05:47:54","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T09:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anchorsforlife.org\/?p=3294"},"modified":"2026-03-10T05:49:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T09:49:41","slug":"a-prayer-for-contentment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anchorsforlife.org\/nl\/a-prayer-for-contentment\/","title":{"rendered":"Een gebed om tevredenheid"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3294\" class=\"elementor elementor-3294\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9b019bc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9b019bc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-67b1fa0\" data-id=\"67b1fa0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fce0383 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fce0383\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Een gebed om tevredenheid<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05c1d60 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"05c1d60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"LIN-HeadVerse\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Twee dingen vraag ik U (ontneem mij dit niet voordat ik sterf): verwijder valsheid en leugens ver van mij; geef mij noch armoede noch rijkdom \u2013 voed mij met het voedsel dat mij is toegewezen; opdat ik niet verzadigd raak en U verloochen, en zeg: \u201cWie is de <span class=\"cLIN-SC\">Heer<\/span>Of opdat ik niet arm word en steel, en de naam van mijn God ontheilig. <br \/><strong>Spreuken 30:7-9<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/div><div class=\"LIN-Text\"><p>Agur vroeg de Heer om twee specifieke dingen: integriteit en tevredenheid. We hebben zijn verlangen naar integriteit al besproken; laten we nu kijken naar het tweede deel van dit gebed, zijn verlangen om tevreden te zijn met wat God hem gaf. Dit noemen we tevredenheid. De apostel Paulus schreef: &quot;Godsvrucht met tevredenheid is grote winst... Want de geldzucht is de wortel van alle kwaad&quot; (1 Tim. 6:6, 10). Deze verzen herinneren ons eraan waar onze prioriteiten moeten liggen.<\/p><p>Er is niets mis mee om te bidden voor onze behoeften: &quot;Geef ons heden ons dagelijks brood&quot; (Matte\u00fcs 6:11). Maar we moeten ons niet zorgen maken en zeggen: &quot;Wat zullen we eten? Wat zullen we drinken? Wat zullen we aantrekken? Want naar al deze dingen zoeken de heidenen... Maar zoek eerst het koninkrijk van God en zijn gerechtigheid, en al deze dingen zullen u erbij gegeven worden&quot; (Matte\u00fcs 6:31-33). We zien deze tevredenheid terug bij de apostel Paulus, die schreef: &quot;Ik heb geleerd zowel verzadigd als hongerig te zijn, zowel overvloed te hebben als gebrek te lijden&quot; (Filippenzen 4:12). Als we Jezus Christus volgen, wil Hij dat we Hem vertrouwen voor al onze behoeften, hoe groot of klein ze ook zijn!<\/p><p>We leven in een wereld vol onvrede, en alle reclames vertellen ons dat we ook niet tevreden zouden moeten zijn. Maar we hebben de houding van Agur nodig, die tevreden wilde zijn met wat de Heer ons gaf. Moge de Heer ons doel zijn, en moge Hij ons helpen tevreden te zijn met Zijn dagelijkse zegeningen; en, als er behoefte is, mogen we vertrouwen op Zijn goedheid om te voorzien!<\/p><p><strong>Ankerpunt voor vandaag:<\/strong><br \/>Het is een grote winst om in eenvoudig vertrouwen alleen op God te vertrouwen en tevreden te zijn met wat Hij geeft!<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Prayer For Contentment Two things I request of You (deprive me not before I die): remove falsehood and lies far from me; give me neither poverty nor riches\u2014feed me with the food allotted to me; lest I be full and deny You, and say, \u201cWho is the Lord?\u201d Or lest I be poor and 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