"We put no confidence in human effort. Instead, we boast about what Christ Jesus has done for us." Philippians 3:3
"I have accomplished all I have wanted to in this profession." The man stated. "I have reached the top."
"So, what now, what's next? What have you learned?" She asked the man
"Now, I don't know. What's next? I want to focus on what lies ahead for me and my family, and that is heaven. I want to put me aside and focus on serving Christ and my family more. What have I learned? Alot! All these things that I thought to be important; success, being the best, being at the top, means nothing in the end. They are worthless compared to what Christ has done.
In reaching the top of my career, I counted more on my own goodness, human effort and ability, than I did on knowing Christ. I have realized that all this, that I thought I wanted, never satisfied me. It only left me frustrated and empty.
Today, I have learned to focus on a new goal, a goal that is everlasting. I have learned that real satisfying success comes from Christ, not from me. I had a better relationship with my job and all its success, than I did with Jesus, and I don't want that anymore. Because that relationship, though it led me to the top, it also left me empty, frustrated, greedy for more, selfish, demanding, prideful, and up and down.
Today I am trusting Christ to save me. Today I am no longer putting confidence in my own human effort. Instead I am going to talk about what Christ Jesus has done for me. For then I can really know Christ and share in His suffering.
Today I am choosing the path He has laid out for me and not the path I want for my own.
