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Are we forever His?
Write your deepest darkest secret, that nobody ever knew regarding you, that you’ve been trying to hide for the past years.
But all these things that I once thought very worthwhile – now I’ve thrown them all away so that I can put my trust and hope in Christ alone. Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the priceless gain of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. I have put aside all else, counting it worth less than nothing, in order that I can have Christ, and become one with Him, no longer counting on being saved by being good enough or by obeying God’s laws, but by trusting Christ to save me; for God’s way of making us right with Himself depends on faith – counting on Christ alone.
Now I have given up everything else – I have found it to be the only way to really know Christ and to experience the mighty power that brought him back to life again, and to find out what it means to suffer and to die with Him. So, whatever it takes, I will be the one who lives in the fresh newness of life of those who are alive from the dead. I don’t mean to say that I’m perfect. I haven’t learned all I should even yet, but I keep working toward the day when I will finally be all that Christ saved me for and wants me to be. Philippians 3:7-12
1. This verse talks to us regarding the sacrifices of Paul when he gave it all for Christ, and its very powerful, it’s a declaration to serve Him in everything we do.
- Can someone tell me some of Paul’s sacrifices?
i. Money
ii. Popularity
iii. Freedom
iv. Pride
v. And so many more..
But why did he do it? As verse 7 says, all the things that I once thought worthwhile, now I throw them all away. That’s the price we have to pay to serve our Lord. What he means is this: God can give us everything we ever wished for, he can! But what if one day he decides to take it back? God can bless, God can also take away. The problem is, will you relinquish that thing?
Are you willing to let go?
One issue that we MUST let go no matter what is our pride. Our pride is very important to many of us, but we have to learn how to let that go and offer it to God, because without pride, we can worship the Lord our God with no boundaries. You see in the church nowadays, people worship in their comfort zones, with their friends, nice lights, good music, so they just snuggled up and prevent God from entering in. Therefore what we see are half hearted worship which, as a member of MM, bothers me a fair bit. How can we worship God to the fullest extent when we do not give Him our best? Not to hurt anyone’s feelings or anything, but sometimes I cannot believe those people who said that they were touched by God but do not show any measure of like being touched, like crying, or weak, sometimes even pale faces, you can be really silent too. To me, to be touched by God is like a bolt of lightning. Very fast very strong, and you cannot control.
To witness the full power of God in our lives, we must let go of our pride. As what Paul says in verse 9, Now I have given up everything else – I have found it to be the only way to really know Christ.
2. verse 12, we must fulfill whatever God has called us to do.
- To do this, we must continually seek God to teach us in our calling.
- Ask around, what is their calling, not ministry, but calling. Evangelism, Mentoring, Counselling, Service, Pastoring, Worship
- Once we know each others, we must help each other and unite to bring everyone up together.
- Pray for each and everyone
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