Reading
SAA Notes
Where do you place your self-esteem – on who you are in Christ or in what you are in the church, in the club, at work, in society? Consider Paul’s great desire for himself in verses 10,11. He wants to live the resurrection quality of life NOW!
SJA Notes
* Loving God, please show us what You want for us today.
“If anyone else thinks he has reason for confidence in the flesh, …”
Look at the marks of what putting confidence in the flesh means.
Things that man considers important.
Things that are earthly and temporary, the outward appearance.
Why would we give up, and count as rubbish, the things of the flesh?
To gain Christ!
To be found in Him!
His righteousness as our own, this wonderful gift of faith – confidence rooted in the Holy Spirit – so that we would KNOW JESUS!
This is what the world can never offer.
No world-view or ideology can compare.
In Jesus we have the power of His resurrection.
We can be encouraged then and exhorted to press on toward that wonderful hope, forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, the goal set before us, the crown of eternal life.
* Father God,
Thank You for Jesus!
Thank You for giving us an inheritance that will never rust or fade away, a citizenship in heaven.
Please write Your word on our hearts today.
Amen.