Philippians 3:7 But whatever things were gain to me, these I have considered as loss for the sake of the Messiah. 8 More than that, I consider all things to be loss in comparison to the surpassing value of the knowledge of Messiah Yeshua my Lord. Because of Him I have suffered the loss of all things; and I consider them garbage in order that I might gain Messiah 9 and be found in Him not having my righteousness derived from Torah, but one that is through trusting in Messiah—the righteousness from God based on trust. 10 My aim is to know Him and the power of His resurrection and the sharing of His sufferings, becoming like Him in His death— 11 if somehow I might arrive at the resurrection from among the dead.
12 Not that I have already obtained this or been perfected, but I press on if only I might take hold of that for which Messiah Yeshua took hold of me. 13 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself as having taken hold of this. But this one thing I do: forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal for the reward of the upward calling of God in Messiah Yeshua.
A friend has been sharing and trying to make clear the burden of the Lord. This portion of scripture is just one spot of many where believers in Yeshua are encouraged to proceed through the gate of His death and resurrection and onto the Way of choosing, by the Life He places in us, to die to self and to embrace the suffering of the flesh that results in choosing to live by the Spirit of God. Sharing in His sufferings is key to living a life that fully reveals the costly redemption of our lives.
This understanding will change how we respond to trials, to difficult people, to situations that normally, in the flesh, would result in anger or a call to "stand up for our rights".
Let's start this journey through the scriptures.
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