To Know

7/11/2020

Philippians 3:10 “That I may know Him.”

Humility is sorely lacking in our current world, not just in the political realm, or the media, but also on many personal levels. Just today I have heard several stories of people around me that have been disappointed or even harmed by another’s ego, bombast, or greed. This attitude can leave even the most faithful and hopeful person feeling injured at worst and horribly disappointed at best. Sometimes one person can walk in such arrogance that they leave an emotional wake, like a tsunami that swallows up everyone in its path. Do these people deserve our retribution? Maybe in the mind of a secular world, but in the world of a believer they need our grace. Yes, that is often times a very difficult road to walk, but we can do it if we know Jesus.

Even though others will – and often do – let us down, Jesus never ever will. The more we seek Him out, read the Bible, and pray, the closer we will draw to Him. The deeper we know Him, the more strength and peace we gain through all of the storms of life. Right now, even without injury from someone who is uncaring, we are all experiencing the same tempest. Chambers writes, “The spiritual saint never believes circumstances to be haphazard, or thinks of his life as secular or sacred; he sees everything he is dumped down in as the means of securing knowledge of Jesus. There is a reckless abandonment about him.”

We need to work on replacing injury and fear with the sacred truth: that Christ is in every set of circumstances with us. Romans 8:31, “What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?”