“But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ—the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith. I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead.”
Philippians 3:7-11 NIV
Let's pay attention to Paul's (the writer) life a little bit. He considers everything , everything garbage in comparison to knowing Christ. Really knowing.
All the great things we have done and may do are all rubbish if we don't KNOW Jesus in it. If we don't point to Him as the reason. We can get so caught up on the busy-ness of doing God's work and truly not even know Christ.
Let's get back to some basics of just knowing Jesus intimately.
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