Philippians 3:10-14

My aim is to know him, to experience the power of his resurrection, to share in his sufferings, and to be like him in his death,  and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead. Not that I have already attained this—that is, I have not already been perfected—but I strive to lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus also laid hold of me.  Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself to have attained this. Instead I am single-minded: Forgetting the things that are behind and reaching out for the things that are ahead,  with this goal in mind, I strive toward the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

In John 17:3 Jesus prays, “Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.” (NIV) 1st Cor. 2:1-3 says, “And so it was with me, brothers and sisters. When I came to you, I did not come with eloquence or human wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God. For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. I came to you in weakness with great fear and trembling.” (NIV) Paul’s aim is to know Jesus Christ. Experiencing His power and resurrection, sharing in His sufferings, attaining the resurrection of the dead: all these things are through Jesus, and under His authority. Knowing Christ is a pursuit that continues for our lifetimes. Christ took hold of you for a reason: reach for it and do not stop reaching! Seek the Lord!