QTVOTD: Reach past your grasp…

“[Paul] Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it (perfection) my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 3:13-14 -> me: I am not perfect but I need to live in confidence of my ultimate salvation.  I do this by ‘forgetting what lies behind’.  The opposite of the Hebrew word used for ‘forget’ is a word that means “recalling from the past into the present of an action which lies buried in history”. This is a fresh take on leaving behind the ‘old man’ and embracing the ‘new man’.  I listened to Henty’s (Student Ministry Pastor at Canyon Hills) message this morning and am encouraged to see the alignment with Hebrews 12:1-2.  We are to ‘run, with perseverance, the course set before us -> fixing our eyes on Jesus’.  ‘Straining forward’ and ‘press on toward’ are more of an aspect of reaching past our grasp; stretching forth toward something that is not attainable without God’s help….and what is the prize?  Its an ‘upward call of God IN Jesus Christ’; a call into His presence for eternity.  A call into that Joy that was set before Jesus as He endured the cross.  All the struggles here on earth seem so little when looked at from the vantage point of this mindset.

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