Good Morning Friends,
“What is more, I consider everything a loss
compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose
sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ
and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the
law, but that which is through faith in Christ -- the righteousness that comes
from God and is by faith. I want to know Christ and the power of his
resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings, becoming like him
in his death, and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead.”
(Philippians 3:8-11)
The most important thing in the world to Paul
was knowing Jesus. Nothing else compared to that in value. Compared to knowing
Him, everything else was just trash.
Is knowing Jesus the most important thing in
your life? If you answered “yes” to that question, then let me follow up with
another one: would anyone know it by the way you live your life? If an unbiased
observer were to spend time carefully examining your life, in every aspect … your
thought life … how you spend your time … how you spend your money … everything
else about life … what would he say is most important to you?
How could anyone tell that knowing Jesus was
the most important thing in Paul’s life? Paul talked about Him all the time.
Paul had a career, but it wasn’t the focus of his life, its sole purpose was to
support him in doing what he really wanted, telling others about Jesus. He went
to prison for talking about Jesus. He thought about Jesus, all the time, he
brought every thought captive to Him.
It was obvious that to Paul, Jesus was the most
important thing in his life. Is it so obvious in your life?
His, by Grace,
Steve
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