Nothing Compares…

Posted on June 5, 2009. Filed under: Bible Devotional, Christian, Psalm | Tags: Christian, faith, God's will, Jesus, trust |

Today I wanted to pass on the words of a brother(different brother from the last blog )that challenged and encouraged me. Upon reading his email I took some time to pray over my attitudes because I want to share his attitude. Here are his words:

whatever that’s going on in my life, i know for sure, is according to God’s Will. even if His plans are gonna make me suffer, i am ready for it. in the end, all i want is to be with Him in His Kingdom among His people.

This reminded me of these verses..

Philippians 3:7But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. 8What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ 9and be found in him…

Psalm 84:10 Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.

Knowing the Lord is the purpose and plan for our lives as believers. Nothing compares to knowing the Lord. So many times it is easy to get distracted by “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. But we are created to pursue the Lord, to count everything else a loss compared to knowing Him. Our happiness, our comfort and ease, our wealth, our excitement and self-realization — these are rubbish compared to knowing Jesus, even at the price of suffering for His glory. Many of our brothers and sisters over the years have counted it worth dying to stay true to the Lord. They truly believed it was better to be with the Lord than elsewhere.

Let us live our lives in pursuit of the Lord, seeking to be found in Him in all we do and think and say, counting all other things rubbish compared to knowing Him. amen

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