Today is Day 37 of 40Days of Faith: as I read Philippians 1:18-2:18 it was these words that kept repeating "For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.” Let me place a window so that you can to see God's special message hidden in this passage. When the Apostle Paul originally wrote this letter to the church in the town of Phillipi, the circumstances of his life weren’t exactly ideal. He was in prison - under house arrest in Rome – chained to a Roman soldier as his guard. Paul was a prisoner and yet this entire letter shouts with triumph. It is filled with the words “joy” and “rejoicing”. The Christian experience is meant to be the life and mind of Christ working their way into our lives, whatever our circumstances might be. So re-joy no matter what.
You see, God has a purpose for life – for His glory. For Paul, life was not about getting things, or being happy with our situations. For Paul, life was about pointing others to God. For him life was all about Jesus. It was about giving God the glory for everything. For good times, because they are a blessing. For bad times, too, because God uses them to make us stronger. God has a purpose for each of our lives. We are not floating on a rubber raft in the ocean, just nowhere to go and not knowing how to get there. Life has been described as propping a ladder against a wall, and spending all your years climbing it. Too many people will climb all their lives, only to get to the top and realize they were climbing the wrong wall. God has a purpose for each of us.
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