I really liked the verses set for reading and meditation, especially the last few, Paul’s letter to the Philippians 3:6b -11(NLT):
“And as for righteousness, I obeyed the law without fault.
I once thought these things were valuable, but now I consider them worthless because of what Christ has done. Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I could gain Christ and become one with him. I no longer count on my own righteousness through obeying the law; rather, I become righteous through faith in Christ. For God’s way of making us right with himself depends on faith. I want to know Christ and experience the mighty power that raised him from the dead. I want to suffer with him, sharing in his death, so that one way or another I will experience the resurrection from the dead!”
These are indeed, powerful words – we are made righteous through faith in Jesus. We can also know Jesus, our God, as Selwyn says: “How do we get to know Him? By spending time with Him in prayer and the study of His Word.”
It’s amazing that we can have a relationship with our God, who has created everything. We can have an audience with the King of Kings, we do not need a human ‘high priest’, to act as our mediator – how great is that?
Knowing God
I really liked the verses set for reading and meditation, especially the last few, Paul’s letter to the Philippians 3:6b -11(NLT):
“And as for righteousness, I obeyed the law without fault.
I once thought these things were valuable, but now I consider them worthless because of what Christ has done. Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I could gain Christ and become one with him. I no longer count on my own righteousness through obeying the law; rather, I become righteous through faith in Christ. For God’s way of making us right with himself depends on faith. I want to know Christ and experience the mighty power that raised him from the dead. I want to suffer with him, sharing in his death, so that one way or another I will experience the resurrection from the dead!”
These are indeed, powerful words – we are made righteous through faith in Jesus. We can also know Jesus, our God, as Selwyn says: “How do we get to know Him? By spending time with Him in prayer and the study of His Word.”
It’s amazing that we can have a relationship with our God, who has created everything. We can have an audience with the King of Kings, we do not need a human ‘high priest’, to act as our mediator – how great is that?