Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Philippians 3:7-10

Paul had worked his entire life to build a wonderful life. Everything he had dreamed of and hoped for was coming true. Then on a dusty road to Damascus, Jesus broke into his life. Everything he thought was important become like dung. The word dung has the idea of either the excrement that comes from a dog (dog poop) or that which is thrown to the dogs. Either way, those things he thought were so important were nothing now. Nothing! All that was important to him was getting to really know Jesus. He didn’t want to know about Jesus, but to really know Jesus.

How does one get to know Jesus? There are many things you can do. However, here are three ideas you can begin today to know Christ better. First, you need to begin practicing spiritual exercises (ie Worship, Bible reading, prayer, silence, solitude, witnessing etc.). Secondly, you need to examine your life experiences. As you walk through the high and low points of life you begin to know Christ intimately and grow in his likeness. And finally, you need to begin careful elimination of sinful habits and attitudes that wreck your relationship with Christ.

•What spiritual exercises should you add to your day in order to know Christ better?
•What lessons have you learned about Christ as you walk with Him through life’s experiences?
•What do you need to eliminate from your life to get to know Christ better?
•What is really important to you? Are you building up dung or getting to know Christ?

How will your day be different? Will you be more focused on getting to know Christ better or will you continue to build up for yourself a mountain of dog poop?