{"id":4085,"date":"2026-07-07T08:25:03","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T12:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anchorsforlife.org\/?p=4085"},"modified":"2026-07-07T08:29:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T12:29:23","slug":"a-prayer-for-contentment-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anchorsforlife.org\/nl\/a-prayer-for-contentment-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Een gebed om tevredenheid"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4085\" class=\"elementor elementor-4085\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e38b8c7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e38b8c7\" 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-f97edd9\" data-id=\"f97edd9\" 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-cad92b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cad92b7\" 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-b1e9635 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b1e9635\" 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<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>\u201cTwee dingen vraag ik U (ontneem mij dit niet voordat ik sterf): Verwijder valsheid en leugens ver van mij; geef mij noch armoede noch rijkdom. Voed mij met het voedsel dat mij is toegewezen; opdat ik niet verzadigd raak en U verloochen en zeg: \u2018Wie is de Heer?\u2019 Of opdat ik niet arm raak en steel en de naam van mijn God ontheilig.\u201d<br \/><strong>Spreuken 30:7-9<\/strong><\/em><\/p><p>We hebben gezien dat Agur in zijn gebed de Heer om twee specifieke dingen vroeg: integriteit en tevredenheid. We hebben zijn verlangen naar integriteit al besproken; laten we nu het tweede deel van zijn gebed bekijken: zijn verlangen om tevreden te zijn met wat God hem had gegeven. Dit noemen we tevredenheid.<\/p><p>De Heer Jezus herinnert ons eraan: &quot;Want waar uw schat is, daar zal ook uw hart zijn&quot; (Matte\u00fcs 6:21). De apostel Paulus schreef: &quot;Maar godsvrucht met tevredenheid is grote winst... Want de geldzucht is de wortel van alle kwaad&quot; (1 Timote\u00fcs 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... En leid ons niet in verleiding, maar verlos ons van de boze&quot; (Matte\u00fcs 6:11, 13). 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. Uw hemelse Vader weet immers dat u al deze dingen nodig hebt. 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).<\/p><p>We zien deze tevredenheid terug bij de apostel Paulus, die schreef: &quot;Niet dat ik spreek met het oog op gebrek, want ik heb geleerd in elke omstandigheid tevreden te zijn. Ik weet wat het is om vernederd te worden en ik weet wat het is om overvloed te hebben. Overal en in alles heb ik geleerd om zowel verzadigd als hongerig te zijn, zowel overvloed te hebben als gebrek te lijden&quot; (Filippenzen 4:11-12).<\/p><p>Als volgelingen van Jezus Christus wil Hij dat we Hem vertrouwen voor al onze behoeften, hoe groot of klein die ook zijn. We dienen een grote God die in staat is om &quot;in al uw behoeften te voorzien, overeenkomstig Zijn rijkdom in heerlijkheid door Christus Jezus&quot; (Filippenzen 4:19).<\/p><p>We leven in een wereld vol ontevredenheid, 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 hem gaf.<\/p><p><strong>Anker voor vandaag<\/strong><br \/>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 dan vertrouwen op Zijn goedheid om te voorzien.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\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 \u201cTwo things I request of You (Deprive me not before I die): Remove falsehood and lies far from me; Give me neither poverty nor riches. 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