The Power of His Resurrection
An excerpt from my book, "The Confidence Factor" by Thomas B. Sims

"That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;
If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead." -Philippians 3:10-11

“That I may know Him!” Those words ring out through the centuries and sink deeply into our hearts evoking the most poignant cry of a believer’s soul; “I want to know You, Lord.”

More and more and more, I want to know Him. Anything less is nothingness. Anything more is unnecessary.

I want to know the power of His resurrection, even if that power is known only in the fellowship of His sufferings.

If He were in the grave, we could not know Him. If He had merely passed away and stayed away, there would be no basis for hope. But alas, He is risen and we may experience His victory.

I want to experience the fullness of His presence in my life, by any means.

I want to be made conformable to His death because there are those lingering remnants of my sin in me that must go if I am to be fully alive. Death must do its work in me that I might also rise from the ashes of despair.

I want to conform to His death because there is nothing of that old life worthy to bring over into the new. By death I am made free without actually dying. I can stand with Him as He stood with me and be liberated from all that would have destroyed me.

Because He lives, everything is different. Because He has been raised from death, I can live forever. Because He is alive, I can know Him and experience all that resurrection means in my own life

And so, we exclaim with joy and anticipation, with assurance and conviction this glorious day:

The Lord is risen! He is risen indeed!”