Reading for Today - Philippians 3:2-11 - I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus
Philippians 3:2-11 (ESV)
Look out for the dogs, look out for the evildoers, look out for those who mutilate the flesh. For we are the circumcision, who worship by the Spirit of God and glory in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh— though I myself have reason for confidence in the flesh also. If anyone else thinks he has reason for confidence in the flesh, I have more: circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee; as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless. But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order 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 comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith— that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, that by any means possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead.
Our righteousness is in Christ. There is nothing we could have done to merit God’s grace and God’s favor. Thanks be to God that he gave His Son to provide us life. Because of this, Paul could write, “I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord.”
In comparison to Christ everything in this world is rubbish. If anything is holding us back from being the servant that God would have us to be, we should be willing to give them up. Paul wrote, “I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him”.
May we seek to live a life pleasing to God. Seeking to follow His will and His word. May we depend on God and live a life of Faith in Him. May we live a life that shows that we know Him.