what's important

This is Paul, the apostle, speaking in his letter to the Philippians.

He talks about what is important to him, what he values, & what he's focusing on.

Good stuff.



Philippians 3

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.

10 I want to know Christ and experience the mighty power that raised him from the dead.

I want to suffer with him, sharing in his death,

     11 so that one way or another I will experience the resurrection from the dead!


12b 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.
 


20 But we are citizens of heaven, where the Lord Jesus Christ lives.

And we are eagerly waiting for him to return as our Savior.

21 He will take our weak mortal bodies and change them into glorious bodies like his own,

     using the same power with which he will bring everything under his control.