“I do not consider,
brethren, that I have captured and made it my own [yet];
but one thing I do
[it is my one aspiration]: forgetting what
lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead,
I press on toward the goal to
win the [supreme and heavenly] prize to which God in Christ Jesus is calling us
upward.”
Philippians 3:13-14
I don’t know who said
it but an oft quoted statement goes something like this:
“If you don’t know
where you are going, any road will take you there.”
Paul, in the verses
penned above, was not moving blindly through life.
He had direction and
he had a goal that he was straining forward and pressing on to.
Paul was not
traveling down bunny trails.
His time on earth was
not spent on aimless wandering down paths that lead to nowhere.
Nor should ours!
God has a plan for
your life.
I know that may not
be news to many of you but do you know His plan?
Are you pressing on
toward that goal?
‘Any’ road won’t take you there.
Some will be in an
opposite direction.
In may be time to
recalibrate the heavenly GPS!
Ask God each day how you can press on toward the
goal set for you.
Paul says: “I press on…” but that singular “I”
becomes a plural “us” later in the verse.
“…Jesus is calling us upward…”
Are you listening for
His upward call to your life?
Be still, ask Him and
then listen
He is calling you
upward…
He is bringing
direction…
He is making clear
the path laid out for you!
No comments:
Post a Comment