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SPIRITUAL GOALS (I)
SATURDAY, MAY 27
Philippians 3:10-11

Ephesians 1:15-23

 

“That I may know him…”

 

SPIRITUAL GOALS (I)
 
In Philippians 3:10-11, Paul laid out the spiritual goal that he was aspiring towards since becoming a Christian. He no longer sought after the vain worldly accomplishments that he was once so proud of (Phil 3:4-6), for he now counted them as dung. Instead, he had a single-minded focus on growing in his knowledge and relationship with Christ.
 
To know Him: This speaks of the desire he had to have a right relationship with God. This knowledge is one that is experiential and not just theoretical. It is to know a person in a close, intimate way. This is a knowledge that comes from knowing God’s Word, having a constant prayerful communion with Him, and from living a life in Christ. The more we walk with Him, the more we know Him. Our spiritual life begins with this desire to know God. It is the natural desire of every child of God, for if we love Him, we will want to have a relationship with Him.
 
To know the power of His resurrection: He desired also to know and experience more of the power of God that raised Jesus from the dead. As we know more about God and what He has done for us, the more we understand of His abilities, the more our faith in Him is strengthened. The spiritual might that God demonstrated in raising Christ from the dead is the same power that He has to free us from the bondage of sins and raise us up to heavenly places in Christ Jesus. The resurrection is the ultimate display of the power of God. Paul also described it in Ephesians 1:19-20, “And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places.”
 
Do you know God, and know of His power over sin and death?
 
THOUGHT: Which is harder: to raise a person from the dead physically, or to cleanse someone from the power and penalty of sin?
PRAYER: Father, may I grow to know and love Thee more and more each day.

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