Press on!

Philippians3: 13 – 14

Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,

I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.

 

There are believers in the church today, who truly have no desire to become advanced in the faith.

They are some of the people who are still preoccupied with the lessons they learned way back in Sunday school.

 

The average church today, are filled mostly with people who have never gotten beyond the first level of learning.

Most are OK with that lack of progress.

 

If a Pastor should suggest that people get serious about pressing on toward the goal, they might become disgruntled.

It’s a good bet that those same people will begin to pray, that this dear shepherd head to greener pastures.

 

Can you imagine spending 20 years in the first grade of elementary school?

And yet, that’s where many people are, in their faith walk today.

 

Paul said that we should be straining toward what lies ahead—and forgetting what was.

Paul was never satisfied with spending too much time in the status quo.

 

How about you?

How will you press on, to win the prize today?