To live is Christ!

This summer, my church is memorizing Philippians 3:7-11 as a congregation. This passage is my favorite passage of scripture. This passage really describes what I would like my life to reflect! It's probably one of the best descriptions in scripture of what my goal is as a set-apart girl.

"But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, 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 on the basis of faith. I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead."

~Philippians 3:7-11~

Declaring that I count everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of Christ is some powerful stuff! That is definitely how I aim to live my life but unfortunately, because of sin, my life isn't quite there yet. I get tempted and fall away but because of God's amazing grace and forgiveness, I am able to get back on track! Even Paul admits in the next passage that he isn't quite there yet either,

"¹² Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. ¹³ Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, ¹⁴ I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus."

By pressing on toward the goal to win the prize and suffering the loss of all things, we can defeat sins pull on us in life!

Have you ever thought about what we really have in life? Compared to knowing Christ, everything else is rubbish! All we have in life is CHRIST! Knowing that Christ is all we have in life really helps us picture all of the other stuff in life a loss. We must loose it all in order that we may gain Christ! In Philippians 1 Paul states: "For me, to live is Christ, to die is gain..." We must die to ourselve's in order that we may gain Christ so that we may live!

If you are thinking: I don't think I could give up the stuff in my life that is holding me back from Christ, remember that Christ IS life! He's all we have....Hallelujah all I have is Christ!

What is the stuff in your life that you must loose in order to gain Christ? I Challenge you to become like Christ in His death and loose it all so you may gain Christ who is EVERYTHING!

Thanks
Cana