Philippians - Choosing JoySample

Read: Philippians 1:15-18 

SOAP: Philippians 1:18

“But what does it matter?” That statement alone has put me back in my place a number of times when I’ve found myself judging a person’s motives in whether they are pure or selfish when preaching Christ. The important issue isn’t their motives but what they are preaching. If they had been preaching a false gospel, Paul would have taken issue with them, but that wasn’t the case. At the end of the day, Paul rejoiced. He rejoiced in the fact that the gospel was being preached; whether it was by him or someone else didn’t matter. All that mattered was that Christ was preached. This is a hard but important lesson for all of us to learn. We must be united as we share Christ with the world and cheer each other on, not worrying about who is getting credit. Our names don’t matter. In the end, knees will only bow down to one name: Jesus. May we all strive to glorify His name.