Brothers, I do not consider myself as having laid hold of it yet, but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead... Philippians 3:13
The past, sometimes a tempting array of achievements leading us to think we are somehow deserving of salvation, or, a dark brown cloud of doom following us with thoughts of how terrible we are and not deserving of salvation. Wow, no wonder Paul worked hard at forgetting what lay behind him! Now the past is passing for us, and working hard to leave it behind we face where? Paul had this to say: I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. (v14). Pressing on tells us there is something to press against, and it is that former nature we yet bear that made the past such a temptation or condemnation to us. Passing, it still clings to us like some sort of evil squid monster. One day though, we will see the fulfillment of the call upward to God in Christ Jesus. And like a poor lost monster, our past will have been passed forever, as we leave it staring at our dead body, its former crushing grip useless on those who have moved on to be with the Lord.
Praise to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!
Bucky
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