The Apostle Paul said that he wanted to know Christ! Everything else he counted as loss. He had a determination and zeal to press on in his walk with God. Sometimes I think "well he was Paul, a really spiritual person. I could not be like that!" However everything written in the Bible is for our instruction, encouragement and development. We can be like Paul. In fact he exhorted the Christians to be like in him in his desire to follow Christ. He so much wanted to become like Jesus!
He did not consider that he had arrived! he was still learning, still struggling against sin, suffering loss each day, and often hungry, friendless, and lonely. But he gave us the secret of his zeal which is an encouragement to us. He said "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." Phil 3:13,14
We can do that! let us push on, let us look forward and upward. Let us leave our old ways of thought and action and move into the new things God has for us. This coming year will not be like the last one! 2011 is over and gone. God has new things to teach us, new blessings for us, new hope and a deeper fellowship with Him. Don't look behind! Regret, disappointment, fears, heartache, are all shadows that fall behind us as we look to the SON! Before us are new opportunities, new blessings, untrodden ground to claim for the Lord.
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