Daily Devotion
February 3
Becoming the “Filth of the World”
“We have been made as the filth of the world …” (1 Corinthians 4:13).
These words are not an exaggeration. The only reason they may not be true of us who call ourselves ministers of the gospel is not that Paul forgot or misunderstood the exact truth of them, but that we are too cautious and concerned about our own desires to allow ourselves to become the refuse or “filth of the world.” “Fill up in my flesh what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ …” (Colossians 1:24) is not the result of the holiness of sanctification, but the evidence of consecration—being “separated to the gospel of God …” (Romans 1:1).
