Daily Reading for Monday, Jan. 7

Philippians 1:10 “So that you may surely learn to sense what is vital, and approve and prize what is excellent and of real value [recognizing the highest and the best, and distinguishing the moral differences], and that you may be untainted and pure and unerring and blameless [so that with hearts sincere and certain and unsullied, you may approach] the day of Christ [not stumbling nor causing others to stumble].” The Amplified Bible

This is a new day. A new year. A new beginning. What new things do you want to see spring up inside of you as you gaze into the unknown vastness of the journey you are upon? You are on a quest, a quest toward destiny—the destiny that God foreknew and fore-destined you to walk in. The key to finding your path of destiny is to know your values. As this verse says, real value is recognizing that which is the highest and the best. It distinguishes the moral differences between that which is good and that which is God. Your values determine what you should place priority upon, and what you shouldn’t waste time on. Without values, you cannot sense what is vital, you cannot prize what is excellent.