Author: Eileen Rafferty, from the Community of the Risen Christ in Glasgow, Scotland.
In his letter to the Philippians, Paul writes, “I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish that I may gain Christ and be found in him.” (Philippians 3:8-9)
Have you ever asked yourself: ‘What would I be willing to die for?’ Or: ‘Whom would I sacrifice everything for?’ In this passage Paul says that knowing the Lord Jesus is worth giving all for. The call or vocation of every one of us is to know the perfect, extravagant love of the Lord so deeply, so profoundly, that we discover that all else is rubbish by comparison.
That knowledge draws out a radical self giving in response. It is this orientation of mind and heart: to give all to gain Christ, which produces the freedom to discern the specific state in life to which God is calling us.
It is certain that married, single, consecrated, ordained: we are all invited to give all in order to gain Christ and be found in His will.
What are you willing to give today that you might taste something of the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus your Lord?
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