Getting to know my Savior more deeply while seeking Him during (seemingly) everyday surface stuff is one of my desires for this coming season...
“Yes, ...I count everything as loss compared to the possession of the priceless privilege (the overwhelming preciousness, the surpassing worth, and supreme advantage) of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord and of progressively becoming more deeply and intimately acquainted with Him [of perceiving and recognizing and understanding Him more fully and clearly]... And that I may [actually] be found and known as in Him, not having any [self-acheived] righteousness..."
(Philippians 3:8,9 AMPC). The more recent (AMP) version says it like this in verse 10, "...That I may know Him [experientially, becoming more thoroughly acquainted with Him, understanding the remarkable wonders of His person more completely]..."
I particularly love the way the scripture speaks of getting to know Him more deeply and intimately and that nothing compares to Him and coming to understand the wonders of His person. It speaks of having a supreme advantage when you know Him! Wow, when you have an advantage, that's a great thing, but when you have a supreme advantage that goes beyond boring or humdrum.
I love falling in love with You all over again, Jesus.
I love falling in love with You in the small things, in the places where monotonous and mundane live and excitement and enchantment rarely abide. I love discovering that You actually do want to come into the seemingly insignificant areas of my life, that You want to walk with me through the boring necessaries of my day to day. I believe You want me to see how amazing my daily routine can actually be when I become aware and stay in the awareness of Your longing and desire to always be there with me. And, You are perfectly content to walk the day to day because it is me You are walking with; that is just how much You actually enjoy me and my company. You want to show me that You're already waiting for me on the other side of tedious tasks and at the same time, in Your amazing omnipresence You haven't left my side. You're walking with me through it all- big, small and everything in between; showing me and growing me for Your mighty purposes.
There is something so exciting about knowing that when I ask You to help me get through something uninteresting or maybe even unpleasant and You show up for me in a really
big way or maybe in a very small way with big implications- it teaches me that joy can be today, right now. I can experience the living God personally and if I'm truly engaging with Him all through my day then He can and will make the mundane majestic!
Just imagine...the God of all creation orchestrating the events of my day in such a way that brings me good and Him glory; even if the task at hand is less than exciting, there is meaning in everything I do and I love that this verse in 1 Corinthians 10:31(NLT) affirms that, "So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God." You're right there with me, showing me how to bring You glory. Even when what I'm doing has no earthly glory or appeal to it, I need to remember that the glory shines its brilliance in heaven where it belongs...with You, Jesus. ~
I particularly love the way the scripture speaks of getting to know Him more deeply and intimately and that nothing compares to Him and coming to understand the wonders of His person. It speaks of having a supreme advantage when you know Him! Wow, when you have an advantage, that's a great thing, but when you have a supreme advantage that goes beyond boring or humdrum.
I love falling in love with You all over again, Jesus.I love falling in love with You in the small things, in the places where monotonous and mundane live and excitement and enchantment rarely abide. I love discovering that You actually do want to come into the seemingly insignificant areas of my life, that You want to walk with me through the boring necessaries of my day to day. I believe You want me to see how amazing my daily routine can actually be when I become aware and stay in the awareness of Your longing and desire to always be there with me. And, You are perfectly content to walk the day to day because it is me You are walking with; that is just how much You actually enjoy me and my company. You want to show me that You're already waiting for me on the other side of tedious tasks and at the same time, in Your amazing omnipresence You haven't left my side. You're walking with me through it all- big, small and everything in between; showing me and growing me for Your mighty purposes.
There is something so exciting about knowing that when I ask You to help me get through something uninteresting or maybe even unpleasant and You show up for me in a really
big way or maybe in a very small way with big implications- it teaches me that joy can be today, right now. I can experience the living God personally and if I'm truly engaging with Him all through my day then He can and will make the mundane majestic!
Just imagine...the God of all creation orchestrating the events of my day in such a way that brings me good and Him glory; even if the task at hand is less than exciting, there is meaning in everything I do and I love that this verse in 1 Corinthians 10:31(NLT) affirms that, "So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God." You're right there with me, showing me how to bring You glory. Even when what I'm doing has no earthly glory or appeal to it, I need to remember that the glory shines its brilliance in heaven where it belongs...with You, Jesus. ~
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