Friday June 23, 2023
Philippians 3:10
That I may know Him and the power of His resurrection.
Here we meet one who believed in the resurrection of Christ. Not only in such a way that he believed it had taken place, but in such a way that he made use of the power of Christ’s resurrection in his daily life.
It is such disciples whom Christ seeks, that He may impart His supernatural, unconquerable powers to their lives and make them victorious Christians.
Resurrection power is a mysterious power. It conquers through defeat.
Never was the humiliation of Jesus deeper than when He died and was buried. But at that very time he won His greatest victory, the resurrection.
Dear child of God! You who suffer defeat at your own hands as well as at the hands of others, who suffer defeat in connection with both the joys and the sorrows of life, who have left a trail of lost battles behind you on every hand, listen: Jesus has a secret power which He would impart to you, resurrection power, a power which conquers through defeat.
Tell Him of your defeats. Acknowledge before yourself and before Him that your own strength is vain. And pray as Paul did that you may know Him and the power of His resurrection.
This power is at the disposal of the weakest of people. God Himself says: “My power is made perfect in weakness.”
Therefore Paul said also: “I would rather glory in my weakness.”
This is a glorious gospel for you and me, my defeated and discouraged fellow soldier.
Jesus expects nothing else of us but that we should permit our defeats to make us humble and to lead us to receive the power of His resurrection, that He may glorify Himself in our daily dying away from sin and in our daily living unto God.
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD 
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