“So that you may approve the things that are excellent, in order to be sincere and blameless until the day of Christ” (Philippians 1:10)
We cannot approve that which we do not know but one thing is certain: to  function in the Kingdom of God, we must KNOW the Heartbeat and Mind of Him Who sits on the Throne. Subsequently,  there is no other way than to know His Word by daily reading of the Bible as well as praying without ceasing. We must know the Mind of Christ and to know that, the first qualification is to belong to Him…to be saved. But beyond being justified and made right by the Savior, we have to be listening to Him and not trying to skate into heaven under the wire like most Christians alive to do. We have been given the authority and power (John 1:12 “But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name). That is what the word RIGHT means in John 1:12. Therefore, because we do that the “dunamis” (original work in Greek), we may approve and make a judgment on what we support, link arms with and ultimately pray for.

There are many things in Christianity today, which are not just outright sins but hidden foxes which can damage the entire person and thus the Body of Christ. One of them is doing nothing in the face of evil, which itself IS evil!

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And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in real knowledge and all discernment. (Philippians 1:9).

So many lessons on prayer, pleading and pressing in are laid out for us to grasp, learn and apply throughout Scripture and especially the New Testament, that one would have to be blowing past them at warp speed to miss these bold colors. Our great teacher and sent one from the Lord – Paul – was the master at illustrating Jesus’ love for people in the way he described his modus operandi for enhancing their spiritual lives.

Paul’s teachings have become stock and the standard wherein we must pattern our lives to become more Christ-like, and therefore live the life which God has called us to live. What gave Paul such authority? Well, it was more like WHO! After Jesus knocked him off his horse on the road to Damascus as he was about to do another round of killing and jailing Christians, Jesus Himself taught Paul in the Arabian desert for three years on how to impart the message and use his vast knowledge of the Law and the Prophets to explain He, of Whom, the Law and the Prophets spake – Jesus the Messiah! That gave the Apostle the authority, so when he says “be imitators of Christ” like I am – listen!

The best example of a brother in Christ, who loves people and loves fellow believers is found in these three short verses. The love shown here spoke not just volumes but absolute life to the brethren, who were stuck in the same weather military complex of Philippi alongside pagans…sort of like how we are.

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