Valuable Faith

There are a lot of things that I have no way of measuring their value. My friendships, for example, mean a lot to me. My friendships are not more valuable than my family. My family is probably the most valuable relationships I have outside of my relationship with the Lord. I can’t possibly put a value proposition on my family. I have valuable friendships that go back for years. I also have work relationships that are very strong and dear to my heart. I have a clear picture in my mind and in my heart as to what relationships matter most for sure. I would also say that as much as my friends and I love one another, we each understand that our families come first. I work each day to provide for my family. I work each day to display my faith in the activities of my life. Paul speaks to this concept very clearly. Check this out…

 ⁷ I once thought these things were valuable, but now I consider them worthless because of what Christ has done. ⁸ Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I could gain Christ ⁹ and become one with him. I no longer count on my own righteousness through obeying the law; rather, I become righteous through faith in Christ. For God’s way of making us right with himself depends on faith. (Philippians 3:7-9 NLT)

I simply want to keep growing in my faith journey with the Lord. I want to know Him more fully than I know Him today. I want Him to permeate every thought and every activity of my life. I want others who meet me for the first time to see my faith on display. I want those who know me well to notice the growth of my faith in the Lord. I want my capacity to love to keep expanding and growing as I grow older. To know Jesus and make Him known is the most important part of my every day, walking around life.

One of my life verses was tucked into my reading this morning. Check this out….

¹² I don’t mean to say that I have already achieved these things or that I have already reached perfection. But I press on to possess that perfection for which Christ Jesus first possessed me. ¹³ No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, ¹⁴ I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us. (Philippians 3:12-14 NLT)

Pressing On!

Dwayne