Philippians 3:12-14(KJV)
Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.
13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
The apostle Paul tells us in these scriptures that he is working toward becoming more Christ like . . . but had not achieved perfection. However, he does not allow his weaknesses and mistakes along the way to distract him from the mission Christ had called him to.
So often we spend so much time worrying about what we have done or should have done, that we miss our opportunities for today. We let failures of our past prevent us from growing and becoming more Christ like; but Paul didn't do that. He laid the past aside and accepted where he was in the present, he pressed on to be and do all God had called him to.
Are you worrying about past failures, sins or mistakes? Are you letting these things distract you from what God wants you to do for Him today? Remember our unworthiness doesn't disqualify us from God's calling we are walking in Christ righteousness not our own.
Learn from your mistakes and failures. Confess your sins and turn from them. Then let them go! Don't be weighed down today by the baggage of the past. Focus on Jesus. Do your best to serve Jesus today - even though it may not be perfect. Lets learn from Paul, press on to accomplish all God has called you to be and to do. Honor the Lord with your life and service.
Hebrews 12:1 Says:
Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us.
Prayer
Father, sometimes I let my mistakes and failures distract me from what you want me to do. Please forgive me. Help me learn from my imperfections. And then help me leave them behind and move on toward becoming all you have designed me to be. In Jesus' name . . .
Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.
13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
The apostle Paul tells us in these scriptures that he is working toward becoming more Christ like . . . but had not achieved perfection. However, he does not allow his weaknesses and mistakes along the way to distract him from the mission Christ had called him to.
So often we spend so much time worrying about what we have done or should have done, that we miss our opportunities for today. We let failures of our past prevent us from growing and becoming more Christ like; but Paul didn't do that. He laid the past aside and accepted where he was in the present, he pressed on to be and do all God had called him to.
Are you worrying about past failures, sins or mistakes? Are you letting these things distract you from what God wants you to do for Him today? Remember our unworthiness doesn't disqualify us from God's calling we are walking in Christ righteousness not our own.
Learn from your mistakes and failures. Confess your sins and turn from them. Then let them go! Don't be weighed down today by the baggage of the past. Focus on Jesus. Do your best to serve Jesus today - even though it may not be perfect. Lets learn from Paul, press on to accomplish all God has called you to be and to do. Honor the Lord with your life and service.
Hebrews 12:1 Says:
Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us.
Prayer
Father, sometimes I let my mistakes and failures distract me from what you want me to do. Please forgive me. Help me learn from my imperfections. And then help me leave them behind and move on toward becoming all you have designed me to be. In Jesus' name . . .
