In this overwhelming season of gratitude, it is hard to not meditate on the gratefulness I have towards my Savior. Although I say it is hard not to, then again, in the cultural transformation of the season, sometimes I find the opposite much easier. I often get wrapped up in the dressings of the holidays, that I forsake to meditate on the only thing worth celebrating. Beyond the turkey, the gifts, the shopping, the football, and even the family time, a greater gift is to be recognized. There is nothing I have received that is more honorable or worthy of recognition than the gift of knowing Jesus Christ. 

Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For His sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them s rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ.

Philippians 3:8

I am not trying to pull a “Jesus Juke” on the good tidings of the season, but only speaking from personal conviction, in that I often trade the meditation of rubbish for the meditation on Christ. Yes, wealth, prosperity, comfort, and joy are all great things, but Christ is so much greater! He is so much more worthy, in fact, that Paul calls all these great things rubbish in comparison to the God of all.

I wonder what this truth looks like in our lives. What if we lived as though Christ is far greater than every other temporal comfort we elevate? Would we start to see a new kind of Christian, or better yet, an Acts-like Christian in our generation? Maybe that half an hour of sleep isn’t worth putting off your quiet time yet again. Maybe that football game on Sunday isn’t as important as your fellowship with other believers. Maybe, just maybe, we can spare the few extra bucks in our pocket to support a child in Peru who doesn’t even have a guaranteed meal everyday. Our priorities start shifting; our hearts start transforming. 

Lord lead me to elevate You in my life, to see my worship as a worthy depiction of You as Lord and King of all that is and will ever be.