Great Things: Scripture

There were the verse I turned too over and over again. Some verses I unexpectedly found, because they were part of my devotional reading for the day. I cling to God Word's, but yet not often enough to make my Bible fall apart.

    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 lies 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.
(Philippians 3:12-16 )

 

It was the very last sermon I heard before I left my home church for my last few months of my senior year, but I carried that scripture with me for the rest of the year.

 

There is no way to describe how thankful I am that what lies behind me does not shape my standing with God. I can have a reason to get up on those tired mornings. There is a reason to smile and to just do something because this life is not simply meaningless, but we can look to the goal. One purpose. One reason. Growing in Christ. Serving Christ. I need to be reminded of that...every day. 

 

Written for Great Things.