Uni-verse 219/10,000 For better through verse Philippians 3 v 8
Php 3:8 Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ
All knowledge and all things perish and is as dung at the end of the age but the knowledge of the love of God and the experience of the grace of Christ lasts forever. When a wise man finds the pearl of great value, he sells all he owns in order to exchange it for that pearl. What is the touchstone on which he decides the value of his find? The touchstone of its value is how beautiful is the pearl and how enduring will it be. The gospel likewise enables us to prioritise the things of eternal value and cease or lower out attachment to the things of temporal and temporary value. Christ turns our life into a winning experience.
After the recent demise of Steve Jobs, his contributions to innovations in technology were hailed as "having changed the world." Doubtless, he had made contributions in this regard but technology is a mere tool and should not be treated as the be all and end all of life. Jesus is the be all and end all of life. Everything begins and ends in Him. He is the focal point of history. He is the overcomer of death. In identifying ourselves in the entirety of our existence with Him, we too become overcomers and winners in life as in death.
The knowledge of Christ Jesus as Lord and Saviour of our lives makes us excellent in the eyes of God. We are filled with the fullness of God. The experience of " Hamartia" ( sin and its symptoms of falling short of the mark or shortcomings in our nature, our achievements, our behaviour) is replaced by " Hyperbole"( overshooting the mark) -an exceeding of all expectations in our character, our professions, our outcomes, our witness and our ministry.
Prateep V Philip
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