All the Glory Goes to My Christ Jesus

Philippians 3: 7-14: "But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. ⁸ What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ ⁹ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in^[a] Christ—the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith. ¹⁰ I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, ¹¹ and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead.
¹² Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. ¹³ Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, ¹⁴ I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus."

    You're beautiful , you're beautiful... This sums up Philippians 3:7-17 very well. The other day, one of my friends asked me what fruit of the spirit do I have the most trouble with and that I would like to work on more. My reply was really all of them, because I am no where near being perfect. But if I had to pick one, I told her peace. Peace has always been a struggle through out my life and putting my trust in God. She told me to read Philippians chapter 3 and 4 , so as I was reading chapter 3, and before I could read onto chapter 4, tears began to stream down from my eyes. I just felt a sudden peace within my soul when I read verses 7-14. But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. WOW! Whatever satisfies me in life is not worth the gain to Christ because its not about me, its about Christ. Everything that happens in my life, is because of God and not myself. My life is not about satisfying me, but satisfying my Christ Jesus and bringing all the glory to him alone. Do you know what that means? That I have no reason to fear and to not be at peace because of how great and all mighty my God is. My life is centered around him and everything I do is because of him, so why should I not have peace when I have an all powerful God that is living in my life. With a life with Christ I have lost all things, which are fear, anxiety, guilt, sorrow, etc. I can leave all these things behind because I have faith in God. My goal in life is to be more like Christ everyday and to continue to have faith in him through everything that happens in my life. Forget what was behind you and take a hold of God and continue to grow in your faith in him. Look ahead, which is an eternal life with God in heaven and before that time comes, enjoy what God is doing now in your life, but don't forget to bring all the glory to him alone. This life isn't about us, its about bringing glory to him and being more like him daily. Bringing God's word to others around us and keeping our faith in God. Its amazing how God speaks to us through his word, so I encourage you all to read his word. He is truly a beautiful God and I thank him for everything he is doing in my life. Thank you, God.