I have been reading through Philippians 3:12-4:1. During this passage Paul paints a metaphor of us running in a race. The finishing line is heaven, the goal is Jesus and to be Christ-like...
Philippians 3:13-14
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.
During this passage Paul reminds us to forget the past but focus in on the fact our citizenship is in Heaven with God. I don’t know about you but I am shocking with focussing in on my past. I look at my mistakes, my failures, my hurtful words, my regrets and the like and get so caught up in these that I forget that I need to press on. I forget the need and the benefit of repentance and moving on.
Is that you? Are you someone holding onto a sin, a regret or a failure and allowing it to hold you back from the race that God has called you to run? If it is, the good news is this.... God wants you to hand it on to him, agree not to do it again and press on... You could, on the other hand, be that person that has a sin, regret, failure or whatever but continues on with the race without first handing the problem onto God.... this is self-defeating.... it’s like running this race without your shoes on, or with a limp. God wants to restore you. You’ve just got to have the humility to admit that there’s a problem you need to address, then you can forget about it and press onward.
I can imagine this process being us bringing our sin to God and him saying to us in return “forget about it”
Let’s focus our eyes on the goal who is Jesus, and live out the life he has called us to live!
I’m going to start running..... want to join me?
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