Pressing Towards the Goal

Philippians 3:12-16


12 Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. 13 Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, 14 I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. 15 Therefore let us, as many as are mature, have this mind; and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal even this to you. 16 Nevertheless, to the degree that we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us be of the same mind.





Pressing Towards the Goal



No matter who we are, we all live fast paced lives. In order to survive and function you have to be able to keep moving forward without looking back, for we know if we dwell on our mistakes that we made in the past we are going to get left behind. We learn from said mistake and keep on moving, this life is all about progression fighting to achieve whatever is our life’s goal.

I often wonder how many of us can live like this in the physical however we do not share the same view in our spiritual lives. When it comes to our walk with God we strive to reach an unattainable goal of perfection, only to be disappointed when we falter, thus slowing down our spiritual growth from toddler to adolescent onto adulthood. Sadly, because of this reason most of us never make it out of the infant stage.

When we place this burden upon our shoulders we open up and let sin regain its lost power. At the same time we feed Satan’s only power which is deception. He, Satan, makes us feel like we all not good enough to have a relationship with God because of our sins. This causes us to slow down or completely stop our walk with the Lord. We do this all because of a lie that Satan is feeding us with sin being his choice utensil. While sin does separate God and Man, Jesus is the Bridge that connects us once again. When He, Jesus, died for our sins He denounced the power that sin had over us. Now we don’t have to be perfect in order to be right in God’s sight, Jesus was perfect for us and He sacrificed Himself so that we might have life.

Now does this mean that we should just do what we pleased because of Jesus’ sacrifice? No, just like when we make a mistake in this live we need to learn from it and move forward using His, Jesus, strength. In this way we remove the power that sin has over us. Our spiritual walk is also about Progression.

So we must do like the writer of this scripture and press on towards the mark. Forgetting about the past and moving forward. Knowing that we are not perfect but we continue to strive each day towards the mark, which is the glory of our savior Christ Jesus. We can not settle. We must always be pressing towards the mark. God Bless.