Post #315: Pressing Toward the Mark | KJV Right Division (Week 12)

Post 315 · Day 77-3: Philippians 3:13-14 – Pressing Toward the Mark

Who This Is For: Grace-age believers in the Body of Christ who desire to finish strong, endure faithfully, and hear "Well done" at the Judgment Seat of Christ.

“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, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.” — Philippians 3:13-14 KJV

Paul's race posture: forward-looking, singularly focused, pressing. 'This one thing I do' — not fifty things, not a diversified spiritual portfolio. One thing: forget the past, reach forward, press toward the mark. The prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus draws him onward.

Right Division: Right Division: 'The high calling of God in Christ Jesus' — the grace-age calling is the highest calling in all of human history. To be a member of the Body of Christ, the one new man, seated in heavenly places, co-heirs with Christ — this surpasses every other privilege. Israel's calling was high; the prophets were great; the Twelve were chosen. But the mystery calling — to be in Christ, Christ in you — is the pinnacle. Press toward its fullness.

Application: What is behind you that you need to forget to press forward? A past failure, a past season of faithfulness, a comparison to who you used to be? Forget it — both the regrets and the laurels. There is more ahead than behind. Press today.

Prayer: Lord, let us not be weary in well doing. Strengthen us by Your Spirit in the inner man. Let us run with patience the race set before us, keeping our eyes on Jesus the author and finisher of our faith. Help us to finish strong — not by our strength but by Yours. In Christ's name. Amen.

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