Monday, November 29, 2010

does this life have gain?

If this life has anything to gain at all, I count it loss. Philippians 3
Does this life have gain? I believe the answer to this question is a resounding YES!!!. This life has much to gain, but let me talk about that for a minute. So this life has two things in my opinion to be gained. The first thing is the items of this world that are given to us that are pure and simple, the things of this world, what we would count as worldly things. The second thing that this life has to gain is the things from above that are not of this world. The rest of this verse says I count it loss because of the surpassing power of knowing Jesus Christ my Lord. It is through Christ and for Christ and everything but Christ that we count as loss so we may know Christ. If we put anything in front of Christ, whether it be things of the world; money, power, health, prosperity, position etc. And even the things from above; spiritual gifts, blessings, gifting, etc. if we put any of these things in front of Christ we fail. We have our focus set in the wrong direction. Our gaze must be fixed on Christ, Christ is where we look, we look to him and his suffering, we look at everything that this life has to gain and we count it as loss. BECAUSE of Christ, It is because of Christ that we look at anything that we get, from this earth or from above, as loss in comparison to Christ. We live for Christ and never live for a pursuit of what he offers to us whether it be a gain of this world through his hand or even a gift of spiritual blessings. Even the things of eternity we will lay down as a gift at the feet of our savior for the death that he died for us.

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