We all long for assurance—for security, worth, and control. We feel the pull to earn it through success, trying to move beyond any pain or loss. Culture even celebrates this. But in Philippians 3, Paul points us to a better way: to lose our self-made worth and gain Christ. Through the cross, we are reconciled to God, and in him, we receive the only assurance that endures. | From Phil. 3:1–11. Guest Teacher: Drew Anderholm