Today’s Scripture: Philippians 3:10

“That I may know him and the power of his resurrection.”

As we concentrate on growing in our reverence and awe for God and in our understanding of his love for us, we will find that our desire for him will grow. As we gaze upon his beauty, we’ll desire to seek him even more. And as we become progressively more aware of his redeeming love, we’ll want to know him in a progressively deeper way. But we can also pray that God will deepen our desire for him. I recall reading Philippians 3:10 a number of years ago and realizing a little bit of the depth of Paul’s desire to know Christ more intimately. As I read I prayed, “O God, I cannot identify with Paul’s longing, but I would like to.” Over the years God has begun to answer that prayer. By his grace I know experientially to some degree Isaiah’s words, “My soul yearns for you in the night; in the morning my spirit longs for you” (Isaiah 26:9, NIV). I’m grateful for what God has done, but I pray I will continue to grow in this desire for him.

In his book Desiring God, John Piper wrote, “[God] loves us and seeks the fullness of our joy that can be found only in knowing and praising him, the most magnificent of all Beings.” One of the wonderful things about God is that he’s infinite in all his glorious attributes, so never in our desire for him will we exhaust the revelation of his person to us. The more we come to know him, the more we’ll desire him. And the more we desire him, the more we’ll want to fellowship with him and experience his presence. And the more we desire him and his fellowship, the more we’ll desire to be like him. (Excerpt taken from The Fruitful Life)

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