But what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ.
Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith; that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, if, by any means, I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.
One of the lessons to be learned from Paul's writings is the overall emphasis on priorities. Note that he spends very little effort enumerating those lost items, but waxes enthusiastic over the richness's of his relationship with the Lord Jesus, the Christ.
How often do I hear a leading evangelist focus on his/my coming relationship with the God Head in the reality to come? Maybe I wasn't listening too closely that day?
Reading.
Morning Psalm 24, Noon Psalm 119:57-64, Evening Psalm 115
