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The Rugby World Cup has descended upon New Zealand. Last night travelling on the bus home, we saw thousands of Tongan Rugby Fans arriving at Western Springs not too watch a game, but just a practice for the Tongan Rugby Team. Paul uses the metaphor of being in a race on at least two occasions I can think of, in this Passage we see him prepared to be forward looking, pressing on toward the goal, focussed on the prize, forgetting what is behind. Hopefully the All Blacks will be doing the same, forget ’91,’95,’99,’03,’07 press onto the goal of winning in 2011!
Having said this I wonder if we display as much passion for our Journey with God as we do for watching, for desiring for our team to win the World Cup? This meditation may aid some reflection on what next in your spiritual journey.
Philippians 3 vs. 12-14 – Pressing On Toward The Goal
Not that I have already attained or am already perfected, but I press on
That I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has laid hold for me
I know that I have much to learn, I need to sit at the feet of God’s Son
To comprehend what it is he has laid hold for me, to understand and see
I need to seek the Lord with all I am, and in life make him number one
For he is who I seek, I am not perfect, far from it, I can’t like him sinless be
Yet with his helper the Spirit I can seek to do his will, to in him press on
Looking to Christ seeking his face, holding in to all he has planned for me
Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended, but one thing I do
Forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forward
There is so much more I need to understand, at times life’s a zoo
It becomes so busy, that I lose sight of God time with him goes overboard
I am far from perfect, yet God loves me unconditionally even when I feel blue
He calls me to be one with him, to seek his face, and to move forward
Forgetting those things which are behind, seeking healing, pushing thru
For he knows his plans for me, his voice saying Christian soldier onward!
To those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal
Of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus
I desire to march forward in time with him, with all my soul
For I have the hope that one day in heaven I’ll be with Jesus
Until that day I desire to serve and grow in him whatever the role
Nothing the world can offer compares to being one with Jesus
Mark Maffey, January 2006©
(NKJV)
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