Thursday, June 4, 2009

Pressing On Toward the Goal!

It's been a while since I posted on this blog .. but things have been super-busy, that this has taken a back seat - in fact, no seat given at all :-(

We all like to press on towards a particular goal that which we set for our self in life.
At times, we fail to achieve it (just as the entries to this blog).

Evaluating one self from time to time, will help us realize where we stand!

In Phil.3:12-16 - Paul encourages us to PRESS ON

The fact that helps us 'PRESS ON', is an understanding or a realization that we have not arrived yet!
And Paul - given his stature & his background (a learned man he was under Gamaliel & an extreme religious fanatic, as any Jews can get - cf. Acts 22:2 ff.) - and with all that he had accomplished up until now; is humble enough to say that he doesn't consider himself yet to have taken hold of it.

Now what is interesting here is what he goes on to say in vs.15 - "All of us who are mature should take such a view of things".
As per this, only those who have grown & hence matured, can have that kind of a perspective in life!

Young people always like to think that they have arrived, or show off that they know everything! Ironically, the truth is only the mature will have that perspective and be open-minded.
So, can you be mature - and not arrive yet?
I think so .. otherwise, Paul wouldn't have mentioned it here. It's an attitude of learning and wanting to learn - as there is so much more than what we know or can know about the things of God, with our finite mind.

Someone once said: "Who said maturity comes with age? At times, age just shows up by itself!"

Quote: "PARACHUTE and MIND are the same - works best, when it's OPEN"

How about us today?
Are we open to the things which God wants to show us?
Are we open to the things which people around us want to point to us?
(Never mind the ugly attitude they throw at us, every now and then, while doing this!)


The answer to living such a life is found in vs.16 - "Only let us live up to what we have already attained"

Living in the light to the extent we know the light.
As we walk in obedience to what we know, more light is shed in our lives .. which allows us to move towards what we need to take a hold off.

Let's PRESS ON - shall we?

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