What Do You Have?

I have nothing, yet I have everything I could want!

Philippians 3:7-14

7 (But) whatever gains I had, these I have come to consider a loss because of Christ.
8 More than that, I even consider everything as a loss because of the supreme good of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have accepted the loss of all things and I consider them so much rubbish, that I may gain Christ
9 and be found in him, not having any righteousness of my own based on the law but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God, depending on faith
10 to know him and the power of his resurrection and (the) sharing of his sufferings by being conformed to his death,
11 if somehow I may attain the resurrection from the dead.
12 It is not that I have already taken hold of it or have already attained perfect maturity, but I continue my pursuit in hope that I may possess it, since I have indeed been taken possession of by Christ (Jesus).
13 Brothers, I for my part do not consider myself to have taken possession. Just one thing: forgetting what lies behind but straining forward to what lies ahead,
14 I continue my pursuit toward the goal, the prize of God's upward calling, in Christ Jesus.

Anything we have on earth will be nothing, because everything is waiting for us in Heaven prepared by our Lord Jesus Christ. Through Him we have gained life! Not life as we have here on earth but life with unending joy, unfailing love, and peace forever. That is His promise to us. That is what we should live for, joy and love!

My prayer for you this day is you learn to give God what he wants, what He deserves. That you may find the joy, love and peace in your life through Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior!

Rick