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Knowing Jesus

The Young Guy Couldn't Hear My Thoughts

Recently, I saw a young man on television who seemed to be a bit embarrassed by the simple, quaint connections to God that were part of his life. On the TV program the young man was with some very hip, very cool people—heavy hitters in the entertainment industry—and I think, perhaps, his association with God may have made him feel un-hip and un-cool in his current rarefied setting.

It’s interesting that beings who are completely dependent on God for their very existence could consider Him to be slightly embarrassing, isn’t it?

As I watched the program I found myself trying to encourage the young man, in my mind.

“Don’t be embarrassed,” I was directing these thoughts to the young man. “There is nothing these people have, nothing they think, nothing they can do and nothing they can offer you that is more important than God or more important than knowing Him.”

You might be thinking, “Dan, he couldn’t hear your thoughts.”

I know. But come on, do you really have to rub it in?

"What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing  worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord..." Philippians 3:8

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Everything Else Is A Loss, Compared To Knowing Christ

The Apostle Paul wrote, “I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord…” Phil.3:8. If you ponder that statement for a while it becomes more powerful & moving. How would it affect you if EVERYTHING ELSE in your life was truly meaningless COMPARED TO knowing Christ? A dramatic change of perspective?