12 Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. 13 Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
What wonderful words of challenge from Paul! No matter what - we Press on.
Sometimes in our personal and corporate walks of faith we are faced with many difficulties. There is a tendency to want to focus on them in such away that it can almost immobilize us from doing anything to move forward. Paul's challenge to us is to do what every good runner knows - Don't look back, but press on towards the goal.
