A Better Way to Look at Things
At the heart of Paul’s letter to the Philippians is what many scholars believe is an early Christian hymn about the incredible love of Christ who humbly and sacrificially laid down many of his own rights and entitlements for the sake of serving the wellbeing of others. Throughout the letter, Paul calls the church to the difficult yet rewarding task of not only receiving the great love of Christ but imitating it! In this series we want to imagine together what it might look like to center the humble love of Christ in our thoughts, relationships, priorities, goals, and aspirations, trusting that the same joy, peace, contentment and fulfillment that Paul experienced in his day might be ours as well.
In this message, Pastor Aaron focused on Chapter 3 where Paul shares with the Philippians his way of looking at the world. It is not the way he always saw the world, but it was a way of looking at things that was formed in him over time by Christ himself. Paul called his way of looking at things mature or complete. This mature way of looking at things has as its goal union with Christ, an embracing of a process of growing in love, and a mindset of counting the cost.
