Title

I Press On

Scripture
Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on
(Philippians 3:12)
Devotional
I love the term, “I press on.” The apostle Paul by many standards had arrived. He was a leader of leaders; a writer of most of the New Testament, and he saw the risen Lord. Yet he said, “I press on.” Paul understood that his life was but a journey, and the journey is all that matters until you reach the throne of God. The problem with many of us is that we think that we have already arrived. Give the average man one victory and he wants to stay there. We must understand that there are many stops on life’s journey, but we are not to get off the train. The platform of success is not a resting place, nor is the platform of failure. Both must be passed through as quickly as possible. These stops are not our destination. They are not the ultimate thing we wish to attain, nor are they the place of perfection. Therefore, “I press on”
Thought For The Night
“Life has value only when it has something valuable as its object.” George Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, German philosopher, 1770-1831
Evening Text
Philippians 3:12: Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on….
 
Looking for Answers
 
Evening Study Guide
Defining: “Perfection”: Having arrived to the highest state available: physically, metaphysically, morally, emotionally and spiritually.
 
Referencing: “Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus,” Philippians 3:13-14.
 
Applying: “Press on.”