THE PRICELESS GAIN OF KNOWING

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Ecclesiastes 1:8

No matter how much we see, we are never satisfied. No matter how much we hear, we are not content.

There’s a story that I'd heard about a pauper who went to see the king to complain about being poor. He said to the king, “These rags are all that I have.” The king proceeded to offer the beggar riches, pleasures and honor with one condition: “You must give up half of what you now possess. Give up one of your two sons, one of your eyes, one ear, one hand, one foot, etc.” Thinking it through, the poor man realized that he had more than just the rags on his back and that he had failed to appreciate what he had. The Apostle Paul was a legal expert and I believe that at the height of his career he was likely a wealthy lawyer. However, when he met Christ on the road to Damascus, his view of wealth was changed as we learn in Philippians 3:8, “Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the priceless gain of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I may have Christ.” If you’re looking for more out of your life, you’re going to find that the best that you have in you begins not with grades, jobs or a wealthy standard of living, but rather it begins with a life in Christ.