Gaining knowledge demands intensive occupation with a particular field of... - All The Good Seed Daily Devotionals for 2026

I count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord.
Philippians 3: 8.

Gaining knowledge demands intensive occupation with a particular field of learning. It means understanding fundamental things - the purpose, the structure, the laws connected with the subject and then drawing correct conclusions. This process of learning can be arduous and lengthy.

For Saul of Tarsus it was not so. Through a revelation of the Lord Jesus he suddenly obtained totally new, profound knowledge. Until then he had determinedly persecuted enemies of the Jewish nation and law-breakers, as he thought. But a remarkable light, more brilliant than the sun, took his sight away, casting him to the ground and he heard a voice saying, "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting" (Acts 9: 5).

From a determined persecutor he became a helpless person who had to be led by the hand. At the same time, however, light entered his heart in an extraordinary measure, and God began to reveal His Son in Paul (cf. .

Today‘s reading: 1 Samuel 25: 32 - 44 · Philippians 3: 17 - 21