The Incomparable Value Of Knowing Christ

-September 21, 2023-

Good morning, happy Thursday,

“Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, that I may gain Christ.”

(Philippians 3:8).

There are some things in our lives that far exceed any others. They usually have less to do with money, possessions, or any material things. Instead they have to do with our relationships with family and friends. They are priceless.

Years ago Mastercard ran a series of ads on television showing people in various nice settings and what they can buy using their credit card. The ads always ended with the word “priceless.” Such is our relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ. It is personal, precious, and priceless. We simply cannot put a value on knowing Christ.

Many know about Christ, few know Christ intimately and personally. Paul, formerly named Saul of Tarsus, hated Christ and Christians and persecuted them, arrested them, and even killed them. He was brought up in Judaism and accomplished many things and had great knowledge of the Scriptures. He was a Pharisee, and considered himself among the spiritual elite.

Then came the day when on the road to Damascus He met Jesus Christ and his life was changed forever. From that point in time, his goal became to proclaim Him and serve Him for the rest of his life. He found the incomparable value of knowing Christ. He considered everything he had known and accomplished as rubbish or as several translations put it, “garbage.” He took it all and laid on the scale and then took what he had in Christ and placed it on the other side of the scale, and there was no comparison. He had gained Christ and all other things he counted as loss.

He once had law, now he had grace; he once taunted his knowledge, then he counted his knowledge of Christ far greater; he once tried to destroy the church, then he built it. He gave up his own plans, ambitions, and dreams for a higher calling of serving the greatest Master.

How about you, my friend? Do you know Christ? Have you accepted Him as your Lord and Savior? Is He your everything, your all in all? Are you willing to do whatever He desires above all things? There is a Christian song we sing that says, “He is my everything, He is my all; He is my everything both great and small; He gave His life for me, made everything new, He is my everything, now about you?”

Have a blessed day in Christ, with Christ, and for Christ. Nothing can compare to knowing Him, loving Him, living for Him, and serving Him. Stay safe and healthy.

Finding the best of the best, that Jesus is better than all the rest,

Dean