Following Jesus - Phil 3:10

Php 3:10-14 I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, (11) and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead. (12) Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. (13) Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, (14) I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.


God has been so kind to me. As a young Pilot in the Army, I had it made! At the age of 19 I a was already had it all.

1) A great job - flying Blackhawk helicopters.
2) Great Pay - HS graduate making over $40k (1980's money base) plus taxfree housing and flight pay.
3) Friends to Party with
4) Women to enjoy

Yet I was empty.........

I had it all....yet I knew deep down inside that I wanted more than just feeding my passions...my passions were never full and I still felt empty.

Like eating candy and deserts all day, my appetite was being fed, but I remained hungry and longing spiritually......

Also I thought that I had brought all of this about by the works of my hand. Boy was I wrong. After 2 friends died in helicopter crashes, I realized that I would die as well, and but by the grace of God, I could have already ended up at the bottom of lake Barkley in Kentucky, because I almost crashed under Night Vision Googles one night.

After talking with a friend, Henry Bealieu, I started reading and studying the Bible and God opened my Eyes to Jesus Christ, the gifts he has given me, and my own sinfulness and arrogance.

After I confessed my own sinfulness, asked Christ to forgive me and committed my life to following Jesus Christ at any cost, I have never looked back! He is my King, My Lord and my very great reward.

I really want to do only one thing - To Know Christ and allow that love for him to overflow into the lives of others. I have come to realize life is short, and I can only have one passion.

I choose that Passion to be To Know Jesus Christ!

You too only have time in life for one Passion - Choose it wisely!