Philippians 1: 9-10

• By: ckroboth
• On: 01/19/2009 20:51:00
• In: Philippians

 9 And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight,

We are commanded to love in all situations by Christ.  Paul is praying that as we learn more about the command of Christ that the love we show grows deeper.  We must be quick to recognize when love is needed, which is all the time.  We must be quick to recognize when we are not loving others.

We must try to understand a love so big that Christ would willingly die on the Cross.  

Eph 3:18 may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ,

As a follower of Christ we are called to go deeper… We must consciously make the choice to love and dive deeper. So deep we will take risks to love someone.   

Christ not only risked his life for us, he died for us.  He loves us from that Cross no matter where we are at in our lives.  We must learn to love like that. 

10 so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ,

Discerning then what is best. Not Good or just Ok… Best.   We must be able to be able to look at a situation and discern how God wants you to react, but not only how we will react but when and why. 

Like in... Romans 12:1-2 1Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship. 2 Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.

We will be able to test and approve God's will only if we give our bodies and mind over to God completely, and in worship of him. Holy and Pleasing not to people of this world.. Holy and Pleasing to God.  Our mind must be renewed with Scripture, God's truth, and no other truth.

His truth is love, and discerning how to love in all circumstances is against the patterns and lies of the world.  When we break the patter of the world we will be able to Discern God’s and how to best love through God’s will in our lives without all the clutter. Our view of His will for us to Love will be pure.