So here's blog one. It's more of an intro than anything but it's something. Over the next 30 days i'll be blogging about what God is showing me through everyday life. Along with that it will just be a general whats going on in my life type deal.
I didn't really have anything ready for this blog so I think i'm just going to explain the name of my blog and leave it at that tonight. If you'll take your bible and turn it to Philippians 3:4-8. Paul is talking and he's saying if there is any reason to boast in the flesh he has better reasons than everyone else. "[5] circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee; [6] as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless." Those are what he's calling his 'qualifications' for being able to boast. But what he says after that is the big deal. "[7] But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. [8] Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ" Wow, how amazing is that? He says even though I've done all these things in the eyes of the people, I count it all as loss because the surpassing worth of knowing Christ. Now only does he count all things loss, he HAS lost all things (v.8) and counts them as rubbish.
Thats how I want to live life. I want to live in such a way that people will be able to look at my life and know that I care about Jesus more than all things. This video pretty much sums up how I want my life to be lived: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBJzUnxiKwA
I hope you enjoy the video and I hope you come back to my blog in the upcoming month!
Counting all things loss,
Timothy Mathis
P.S. while writing this another awesome friend, Morgan, text me and told me to read Psalms 66. It's pretty awesome so you should read that too!
No comments:
Post a Comment