Journeys

What is the one thing you want more than anything else?

Found this on one of Benny Hinn's brochure…….

Paul the apostle knew what he wanted and he knew the one thing that would give him his greatest desire in life. What was the one thing?

In Philippians 3:13-14 he wrote: “Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.”

What he wanted most was his death - death to his flesh, death to his desire, death to his past, and to all his experiences in the flesh.

What did he long for? What was his greatest desire in life?

It was Jesus Christ and His fullness – the high calling of God was Paul’s oneness with Jesus Christ.

Paul’s greatest desire was his own cancellation and elimination, for in Philippians 3:10, the apostle wrote, “That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death.” He wanted to be conformed to the death of Christ Jesus. The apostle wanted to die that Christ might live. He wanted to decrease so that Christ might increase. He wanted to be fully clothed in the image of Christ Jesus.

He knew the secret to victory in this world, for he understood the words spoken by the Lord in Matthew 16:24: “If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.” Paul understood that only total death to self would cause a believer to belong wholly to the Lord.

Is that your cry? Is that why you pray? Do you pray to become more like Jesus Christ? Do you pray that self may die?

What is your reason for prayer? Is it that your needs will be met, or is it that Christ’s image will be form in you?

Meditate on these questions……

posted by 诸葛天于 @ 12:30 AM