Philippians 3:13-14–"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."
Straining forward in repentance, that is what this verse is about. In reality, this is so much the essence of the Christian life. It is not that we have already become that we God is making us. In one sense, however, we have been made saints by the atoning blood of Christ. But in another sense, we are still living in our bodies, which are ever drawn to sin, disobedience, and rebellion.
To be quite clear, the inherent difficulty to this resides in the singular fact that we are confined to these weak bodies as long as we are breathing. It is thus of great importance that we would grow in perseverance and in discipline, always straining forward to what lies ahead in Christ.
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