*TOPIC:*
*WHAT DRIVES YOU?*
🔑 *KEY VERSE:*
"For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain" (Phil.1:21).
📖 *TODAY'S READING:*
Philippians 3:8-14
📜 *ONE YEAR BIBLE STUDY PLAN*
Job 29-31
*COMMENTARY*
Pastor Enoch Adeboye told a story of an encounter he had with the late spiritual giant, Kenneth Hagin, in 1974 which changed his life completely and helped to make him the spiritual giant that he is today. He went to see Papa Hagin in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA, with five other Nigerian pastors.
On getting to Hagin's office, he asked them what they wanted him to do for them. The people that went with him laid out their requests ranging from his permission to sell his books, magazines, and tapes in Nigeria to other business opportunities. He granted them their requests. When it was his turn, Adeboye told Hagin that he wants everything that is in him that made him who he was. Hearing this, Hagin asked him to kneel down and then he placed his hands on Adeboye's head and prayed that the spiritual power of God in him be transferred to Adeboye.
This reveals the fundamental force that drove the young Pastor Adeboye's life, determining what he desired and how he was prepared to go about securing such desires. For Paul, as we see in
the scriptures we read today, and for Adeboye, as we see in his
story, the overriding motivation was to bond with Christ, to know more of His power, to accomplish the purpose for which he called him, and to at last be with Him wherever He is in eternity.
To Paul, to live is Christ. What is it to you? Is it the pursuit of gain/wealth/power/fame/success/significance that is now a valid excuse to stay away from the church and develop a new theology about work as worship? For Paul, the ultimate gain is to die in Christ. What is the ultimate gain for you? Is it to become a billionaire? Please never forget that what drives you determines where you end up in life. You can't be driven by carnal things only and end up in the spiritual Kingdom of our loving God.
🎚 *CONTROLLING THOUGHTS*
If you sow to the flesh, you will reap corruption.
🙏🏿 *PRAYER*
Father help me to purify my thoughts so that I will not be moved by worldly things alone.
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