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July 30, 2022 8:00 pm
On June 11, 2002, the singing competition American Idol debuted. Each week, hopefuls performed their own versions of popular songs, and the viewing audience voted on who advanced to the next round of the competition.
As one of the panel judges on the show, Randy Jackson’s signature feedback was this zinger: “You made that song your own, dawg!” He lavished that praise when a singer took a familiar tune, learned it inside out, and then performed it in a new way that gave it unique, personal spin. To “make it their own” was to own it completely and creatively, and then offer it to the world onstage.
Paul invites us to do something similar, to own our faith and our expression of it, too. In Philippians 3:7–14, he rejects attempts to earn right standing before God (vv. 6–8). Instead, he teaches us to embrace “the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith” (v. 9). That gift of forgiveness and redemption transforms our motivation and goals: “I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me” (v. 12).
Jesus has secured our victory. Our job? To take hold of that truth, internalizing God’s gospel gift and living it out amid our broken world. In other words, we’re to make our faith our own and in so doing “live up to what we have already attained” (v. 16).
Welcome to today's encouragement from Our Daily Bread reading was written by Adam armholes titled make it your dog on June 11, 2002, the singing competition.
American Idol debuted each week. Hopefuls performed their own versions of popular songs and the viewing audience voted on who advance to the next round of the competition is one of the panel judges on the show Randy Jackson's signature feedback was this his anger you made that song your own dog, he lavished praise when a singer took a familiar tune learned it inside out and then performed it in a new way that gave it a unique personal spin to make it their own, was to own it completely and creatively, and then offer it to the world on stage, Paul invites us to do something similar to our own faith and our expression of it to in Philippians 3 he rejects at times to earn right standing before God.
Instead, he teaches us to embrace the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith the gift of forgiveness and redemption transforms our motivation and goals, I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.
Jesus has secured our victory power job to take hold of that truth.
Internalizing God's gospel gift and living it out amid our broken world. In other words, where to make our faith, our own and in so doing live up to what we have already attained today's Our Daily Bread devotional Scripture reading is from Philippians chapter 3 verses seven through 16. But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things.
I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith. I want to know Christ. Yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death. And so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead. Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me brothers and sisters. I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do, forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. All of us then who are mature should take such a view of things.
And if on some point you think differently, that to God will make clear to you only let us live up to what we have already attained, let's pray. Jesus, thank you for your saving gift of redemption and love on the cross. Help us to respond in gratitude each and every day and to press on in our faith with thankfulness. It's in your name we pray. Amen.
Thanks for listening today I'm Steven.
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