Dear Friends,
". . . Those things I have counted as loss for the
sake of Christ."
-Philippians 3:7b
Spiritual Inventory
Philippians 3:7-10
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But whatever things were gain to me, those things I
have counted as loss for the sake of Christ.
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More than that, I count all things to be loss in view
of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my
Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things,
and count them but rubbish so that I may gain Christ,
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and may be found in Him, not having a righteousness
of my own derived from the Law, but that which is
through faith in Christ, the righteousness which comes
from God on the basis of faith,
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that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection
and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed
to His death;
Is there a room or closet in your home that you avoid
because it’s filled with stuff that needs to be
cleaned out? Finally, one day, you decide to tackle
the task. As you move through the boxes, you have to
make some decisions—some things stay and some things
must go. Some items are garbage, and some are
keepsakes.
Sorting through your belongings, in a small way,
is a kind of prioritizing. You are forced to assign a
value to the things you own and then treat them
accordingly. In this passage in Philippians, Paul was
conducting a kind of spiritual sorting:
"But whatever things were gain to me, those
things I have counted as loss for the sake of Christ.
More than that, I count all things to be loss in view
of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my
Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things,
and count them but rubbish so that I may gain Christ."
Paul put a "trash" label on anything in his life
that didn’t count towards his relationship with the
Lord. Along the way, he had lost much—from material
possessions to public esteem. But Paul wasn’t
concerned. He knew that his "valuables," the blessings
of knowing Christ as His Savior, were always with him.
Is there anything in your life that you value
more than Christ? Today is the time for a spiritual
inventory.
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Your's in Jesus,
Biji James,
Bangalore
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