FORGET THE PAST AND REACH TO THE GOAL

 Most of us don't have a problem wanting to forget the past due to some horrific mistakes and decisions we have made in the past. There are things that I have done in the past that make me sick to my stomach and I wish I could forget them. If we are all honest with ourselves, we ALL have things in the past we want to forget. These past mistakes and failures tend to keep our focus off of the prize, the eternal prize of being in heaven with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
 
  The devil hates God and he is out to steal, kill , and destroy us, at all costs, and since God loves us so much, the devil is on the prowl! Satan uses our pasts to brainwash us to think that we are no good and there is no way God would and could use someone like us. We need to forget the things that are in the past and press forward in our walk with Jesus. "He is the way the truth and the life."
 The Apostle Paul tells us in Phillipians 3:13-14, " 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."

On the other hand, I believe there are some things that have happened in our past that we hold onto that we are "Proud" of. Past accomplishments and good deeds are fine, but they become a problem when our pride and arrogance take our eyes off of the prize. We seem to think that we have already made it, we did it and i am just going to cruise on through this life with Jesus in the backseat. If this is where you find yourself today, forget about the past accomplishments and regain your focus on the prize, Jesus Christ!
 Lord, please forgive us if we have become so prideful and unfocused.
If anybody had room to brag or be boastful, it would be the Apostle Paul.  Paul was one of the greatest Men of God to walk this earth. But notice he said, I haven't apprehended or lay a hold of, or he hadn't arrived yet, but one thing he did do was forgetting those things in the past. He forgot the good, the bad, and the ugly. Rememeber Paul had the "shady past"  as he persecuted Christians before he found Jesus on the Damascus Road, so he knew about this from both views. 

  Our hope is in Christ. Don't dwell on your past. Instead, grow in your relationship with God by reading His Word and by talking (Pray) to Him. Know that you are forgiven, and move on to a life of faith and obedience in Jesus Christ.

         Below my friend, IS the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus!!

Press on weary soldier, press on toward the the mark of the prize. Keep fighting, keep pursuing, keep trusting Him, and keep your eyes fixed on Jesus Christ, the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords!!


Because He lives,
Steve

Does Jesus have First Place(Preeminence) in Your Life?

Jesus Christ is THE reason we live. Without Him, we are lost and destined for hell. Jesus is our strength, He is our source of knowledge(Bible), He is our joy, He is the Light, He wants to deliver you and me from darkness,and He wants to forgive us and redeem us. By the power of the blood that was shed for you and me on the Cross, we have a Hope and a future! Our security is found in Jesus Christ, not in this world or the things of this world. Give Jesus first place in your life today. Ask Him to search your heart and yield your life to Him today and watch Jesus begin to transform your life!
Get your Bible out and read from Colossians 1. Let us start at verse 9.
"For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;

Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:

Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:

In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:

Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
 
For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
 
And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence."
Colossians 1:9-18

Do you want to be delivered from the darkness of this world today? If you do, go to your knees and begin to cry out to Jesus and admit that you are a sinner, believe in your heart that Jesus died on the cross for your sins and raised from the dead on the third day, repent and turn from your sins, ask Jesus to come into your heart and to save you. " For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." Romans 10:13
Just take God at His word and claim the salvation by faith. No church or no good works will save you. Remember God does the saving. All of it! If you want to speak with me about this please message me and oi would love to show you in the Word of God how to be saved.
If you are a believer of Jesus Christ, you have been delivered from darkness to the Light, from slavery of sin to the freedom of grace, from guilty to Forgiven, and from the power of Satan to the power of God!

True Security is found ONLY in Jesus Christ!! Do you know Him today?