Pressing On!
Mar 17
Why is Side effects Methylprednisolone side effects of omeprazole it that Amoxicillin dosage Prilosec and pregnancy for sinus infection we hold so tightly to the things of this world? When we have a God like our God, why do we, so many times, put Him on the back burner and pursue things that will ultimately pass away? Why do we trade our time with Him for time with things that are fading? My spirit does not understand this paradox. As I sit here and think about it, it is very perplexing. And yet, I will go out tomorrow and do the same things all over again. Why is it that when I want to change this about me, that I am only successful for a little while before I revert back to the way I was? I realize that every Christian struggles with this; that I am not the only one, but that is only a little comfort. Even though some are content with mediocrity, that doesn’t mean that you or I should be. I want to press on; to take hold of the salvation that God has given me. I want to work out my salvation with fear and trembling. I want to be the salt of the earth and the light of the world.
Lord, we are so surrounded by distractions in this world. Please help me to look beyond them to You so that you might transform me into the man that you want me to be.
“Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lied ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Let those of us who are mature think this way, and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal that also to you. Only let us hold true to what we have attained.
Brothers, join in imitating me, and keep your eyes on those who walk according to the example you have in us. For many, of whom I have often told you and now tell you even with tears, walk as enemies of the cross of Christ. Their end is destruction, and their god is their belly, and they glory in their shame, with their minds set on earthly things. But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body to be like His glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself. Therefore, my brothers, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm thus in the Lord, my beloved.”
Phil. 3:12 – 4:1
Brian
