Pressing On

Philippians 3:13-14
13 Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do, forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

Today, when I was at the park, this scripture kept popping up in my head, and I think there are some things I learned while joggingh and meditating on the above mentioned passage.

1. You have to press on even when you don't feel like it. Each time I run, there comes a point when I want to stop. This point is always long before the distance I want to run. I have a choice to make, I can give myself credit for how far I have run and quit, or I can forget about what I have done so far, and keep moving to the goal I set when my run started. (sometimes, I press on, sometimes I quit). As we walk with God, the same thing happens. We are going to have tough times where we just aren't "feeling it" and the choice will come to I quit, or do I press to the High Calling of God

2. You must forget those things that are behind, but you also must understand that those things in the past affect your current situation. For example, I normally run a little over 7 miles 2 or 3 times a week. Well, for the last couple of weeks, I have had a pulled hamstring. Therefore, I have not been running for 2-3 weeks. Well, today the result was that I could not near as long as I normally run. This application makes sense spiritually too, for when I take a week or two away from God's word and prayer, then it makes my spiritual walk that much harder for me.