Thursday, October 18, 2007

Everything else is a bunch of crap

I'm not sure I've experienced this fully. The idea that everything else is crap. Paul says in Phillipians 3 that "I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus, for whose sake I have lost all things and consider them rubbish (Gr. dung, trash, excrement, crap) in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him..."

So this means that all accolades and accomplishments... my reputation, that is crap? This means that all pleasures that I experience...those are crap? This means that coffee, like really good coffee, that is crap? This means that my health. That is crap? Does this mean that my relationships, even the most fulfilling ones with people who I love, those are crap? All the comforts that I enjoy, a soft mattress, a really good steak and AC in the summer. All that is crap. Really?

Well…yes. I guess compared to "knowing Christ and being found in him" all that other stuff, by comparison, is a bunch of crap. It's a bunch of dung. Does this mean that compared to the satisfaction that these other things bring, knowing Christ will be more satisfying? Does this mean that these other things are, by comparison, not even moderately fulfilling? Well, then I guess I should pursue it. Maybe I should check it out.

What would it take for me to know Christ more deeply? What would it take for me to really surrender to him? Maybe I should find out, because everything thing else is a bunch of crap!

3 comments:

Jim Kelley said...

That would explain my crappy week. Focus was on the wrong Object.

asher castillo said...

Dude that is awesome. I am amazed out how much 'crap' takes the focus off, do I have a bad week because I missed my Bible time, probably not. It's usually labeled a bad week because a barista poured me the wrong cup of crap.

Jim Kelley said...

I can't write a new cover blog... this one is still clinging to the vine and shall not be deposed to a lower ranking... yet. :)