Day 18: I Want To Know Christ!

"I want to know Christ and experience the mighty power that raised him from the dead. I want to suffer with him, sharing in his death, so that one way or another I will experience the resurrection from the dead!”

Philippians 3:10-11

Having read this passage, I ask myself the question: what does it mean to know Christ and experience the same mighty power that raised him? What does that look like in everyday life? Do we yearn after this, as Paul is encouraging the Philippians to do?

As Christians, we have the privilege of entering into an eternal relationship with the Creator of the world – because of Jesus’ death and resurrection. We have the opportunity to know him intimately; through prayer, the scriptures, and communion with the family he welcomes us into. We get to see miracles, we get to see healing, we get to see prophecy - all by the same power that raised Jesus! But there will be sacrifice and suffering. It takes us turning our back on the world and living life with the lens of Christ guiding us and not the lens of culture. We are called to die to our own selfish desires.

I encourage you to consider what Jesus is calling you to give up, so that you may know him more deeply, holding on with confident hope that “one way or another [you] will experience the resurrection from the dead!” alongside him in glory!

Amelia Partridge