"That I May Know Him"

Philippians 3:10 continues a very long sentence that begins in verse 8. Apostle Paul stated that he counted everything as loss for the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ. The first five words of verse 10 has become my personal life purpose statement...."that I may know Him." There is no better words that can be used to describe what Paul meant by the word "greatness" in verse 8. "That I may know Him" says it all. It says what the real meaning of life is. It gives purpose, direction, and strength to our life.



Several years ago, Pastor Rick Warren of Saddleback Church in California wrote a book called "The Purpose Driven Life." This book started a chain reaction of other books filling the bookstore shelves capitalizing on the word "purpose."



The purpose for life is a huge struggle for many; for both the believer and unbeliever of Jesus Christ. The unbeliever obviously struggles because the pursuit of happiness built around things will never satisfy. But the believer also has struggles at times. I find one of the main culprits that pulls us off course is our busyness. To simplify our lives is a nice buzz word, but we just don't have much success at it. We work long hours thinking that next week will be different and we can devote more time to the "important" things but we just don't quite ever get there. But still the real key to focusing on the True Purpose in life is to slow down. Psalm 46:10 in the NASB reads to "cease striving and know that I am God." The word "know" is a word that means to be intimate. Let go...slow down, and spend intimate time with the Creator. It makes all the difference in life.



Like always,



Think about it.



Love you,



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