WORD OF ENCOURAGEMENT

PHIL 3:7
BUT WHAT THINGS WERE TO GAIN TO ME, THOSE I COUNTED LOSS FOR CHRIST.
YES, DOUBTLESS, AND I COUNT ALL THINGS BUT LOSS FOR THE EXCELLENCY OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF CHRIST JESUS MY LORD: FOR WHOM I HAVE SUFFERED THE LOSS OF ALL THINGS, AND DO COUNT THEM BUT DUNG, THAT I MAY WIN CHRIST.
AND BE FOUND IN HI,, NOT HAVING MINE OWN RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH IS OF THE LAW, BUT THAT WHICH IS THROUGH THE FAITH OF CHRIST, THE RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH IS OF GOD BY FAITH:
THAT I MAY KNOW HIM, AND THE POWER OF HIS RESSURECTION, AND THE FELLOWSHIP OF HIS SUFFERINGS, BEING MADE CONFORMABLE UNTO HIS DEATH.
WHAT HAVE YOU REALLY LOST? IS IT REALLY A LOSS? THE THINGS THAT WE COUNT AS GAIN, OUR EARTHLY THINGS ARE THINGS WE COUNT AS LOSS FOR CHRIST, FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS. BUT WE DESIRE A GREATER REWARD BEYOND EARTHLY THINGS A KNOWLEDGE OF CHRIST. HE IS OUR EXCEEDINGLY GREAT REWARD. WE COUNT ALL THINGS LOSS TO BE AT THE FEET OF CHRIST. HOWEVER, TO WIN CHRIST WE ARE FORESAKING ALL THINGS NATURAL TO MAKE ROOM FOR THE SPIRITUAL. TO BE FOUND IN CHRIST AND NOT ESTABLISHING OUR OWN RIGHTEOUSNESS MEANS WE ARE PUTTING ON THE RIGHTEOUSNESS AND RECOGNIZING THAT THERE IS NOTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO BE RIGHTEOUS OTHER THAN HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST. THERE IS NO PHILOSOPHY. THERE IS NO RATIONALE. JUST CHRIST BY HOPE AND FAITH. TO KNOW HIM IS TO ALSO FELLOWSHIP IN HIS SUFFERINGS SO THAT WE ARE NOT SUFFERING FOR FOOLISHNESS OR FOLLY BUT IN LOVE. WE HOPE IN ALL THINGS AND BEAR ALL THINGS COUNTING IT ALL JOY TO SUFFER FOR CHRIST’S SAKE.

​-A GOD CHASER