What does it mean to be fully saturated with #Christ? LEM Daily #Devotion Series: #Philippians Philippians 1:18 “What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed, and in that I rejoice. Yes, I will rejoice.” Paul had just told the Philippians that he was aware of the different men who were preaching the gospel while he was in chains. He knew that some of them did so out of love for Christ and that some did so out of vanity or rivalry with him. What was Paul’s response? He literally asked, “So what?” He quite literally was so Christ-saturated and Christ-centered that his only concern was whether or not the gospel was being preached. Slander and false intentions could not deter him in his single minded goal of spreading the good news of Jesus Christ to everyone possible. Furthermore, his response wasn’t ambivalence to the cruel intentions and slander thrown his way. He wrote that as long as Christ was being preached, “In that I rejoice.” His joy was a direct result of the proclamation of Christ’s redeeming sacrifice. He said he rejoiced then, and that seeing and knowing that Jesus is preached will determine his joy in the future: “Yes, I will rejoice.” Do we have that kind of dedication to the Great Commission? Can we look past the sometimes cruel actions and intentions of others and how those things make us feel and live only in terms of Christ glorified? Let us come to the Throne of Grace over and over as we strive to be more like Paul, fully dedicated only to our Lord, with self securely out of frame. Study/Meditation: Why do you think Paul could dismiss those who were preaching with wrong motives? How can you apply that to your life today? *Father, help me each day to look beyond my own feelings toward the only true purpose, which is to glorify You. Amen.
Posted on: Sat, 24 May 2014 15:16:50 +0000
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