As I started thinking about this next part of Philippians I really wanted to try and understand what it means to be strong or what it means to have strength.  If you look up the definition it seems pretty clear but maybe it’s not.  The definition says there are 3 options first is the quality or state of being strong: capacity for exertion or endurance. The second option is the power to resist force: solidity, toughness. And the third option is the power of resisting attack: impregnability.

Philippians 4:10-13 10 I rejoiced greatly in the Lord that at last you renewed your concern for me. Indeed, you were concerned, but you had no opportunity to show it. 11 I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. 12 I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. 13 I can do all this through him who gives me strength.