Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Philippians 3:10-15
by: Margaret Taylor.
Reading this passage always stirs a few dying embers in my determination and fans the flame of desire in my soul. I long to duplicate Paul's commitment to knowing Christ with the same passion expressed in verse 10. Paul was adamant about his goal and focused everything he did around knowing Jesus more intimately. He wanted to experience what Christ experienced, even his persecution, in order to understand all Christ did and what he stood for. Paul wanted to live the love of Jesus and to share the grace and mercy that had been extended to him in the same supernatural way-"to know the power outflowing from his resurrection" (Amplified). Does that not move you also?