Don’t Look at It
Unless we’re in deep pain, we typically don’t want to die.
We fight death. Avoid it. Don’t want to look it in the eye.
But the apostle Paul took a different approach. Can we?
Memorize This Week
20 as it is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be honored in my body, whether by life or by death.
Philippians 1:20
Bigger Than Life
Paul’s goal wasn’t to merely stay alive. His goal was to honor Christ. If that meant dying, so be it. If that meant living longer, bring it on.
We need stronger goals, too. Just aiming to keep our lungs breathing and our hearts pumping doesn’t lead to a meaningful life. We need purpose. Purpose to live. Purpose to die.
Could that purpose be one and the same?
If honoring Christ was a goal bigger than life or death for Paul, is it big enough for us, too?
[Scheduling note: Next week is our planned one-week break from memorizing anything new, as we prepare our hearts for Easter. We’ll return with our Philippians memory verses on April 15.]
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