This morning, I opened my Bible to the book of Philippians. Four chapters that are rich, rich, rich. In my Bible, this book is full of highlights and underlining and notations in the margins. One such notation reads, “God will reveal to me the things that I need to know.” It’s dated February 1997.
After reading the entire book, I went back to meditate on the verses, Chapter 3:13-15, and that particular notation in the margin.
Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead,
I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
Let us therefore, as many as are perfect [mature in Christ], have this attitude; and if in anything you have a different attitude, God will reveal that also to you; (NASB)
What am I supposed to lay hold of? What is the goal I’m to press toward? Knowing Christ (3:10). Really knowing Him. Being conformed to Him. Counting everything else as loss by comparison. And if knowing Christ isn’t my highest goal, God will reveal it to me so that I can be changed by His Spirit.
What a promise!
For all of God’s promises have been fulfilled in Christ with a resounding “Yes!” And through Christ, our “Amen” (which means “Yes”) ascends to God for his glory. (2 Corinthians 1:20, NLT)
~robin
I enjoyed this Robin. I need to get closer to GOD. I have times that I don’t feel close like I should. I don’t seem to hear HIM talk to m like so many say they do. Maybe it is when I have a sudden thought that I need to pray more, etc. I asked HIM into my heart when I was about 10. I was better about talking to people about Christ then than now. I ccaan remember talking to my friends when we had a Revival going on. Seems there isn’t many of them now-days. People don’t take the time to go. I loved those times. GOD bless you.
Maxie Anderson
Maxie, all Christians seem to go through times when we don’t talk to God as often as we should or when we don’t seem able to listen like we should. The point is to recognize and make an effort to do the things that will change those seasons. Blessings, Robin
Spot on, Robin! I follow you on GoodReads, have your blog posts sent to my email. This is the first time I’ve taken the time to come over and read a post. I think I’ll be back! I am memorizing Philippians this year, in fact I just worked on it today (1:1-3:11), and proceeded to your your post. Great reinforcement — to KNOW Christ better and better. Thanks for the encouragement! (I know you wrote this last week…but God meant for me to read it today…) Joyce
So glad you came over to my web site, Joyce. Delighted that you read my posts on Goodreads, but love to have you here. And way to go on memorizing Philippians. My memorizing skills have waned as I grow older which really frustrates me. Guess I need to pray about that!