Reaching for the top

Reaching for the top

Bible: Philippians 3:12-21

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Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
To him be glory both now and for ever! (2 PETER 3:18).

Mountain climber Jon Krakauer was determined to reach the “roof of the world”, the peak of Mt. Everest. It was a terrifying climb that killed some of the other climbers. Somehow he managed to keep going. Finally, he reached the top. “I understood on some dim, detached level that [the world beneath my feet] was a spectacular sight,” Jon wrote about that moment. “I’d been fantasising about this moment, and the release of emotion that would accompany it, for many months. But now that I was finally here, standing on the summit of Mt. Everest, I just couldn’t summon the energy to care.” No matter what our goals are, they’re never really enough to make us happy. The more we get, the more we seem to want—and the less satisfied we feel.

Paul showed us a better way. He told the Christians in Philippi, “I press on towards the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenwards in Christ Jesus” (PHILIPPIANS 3:14). It is the goal “for which Christ Jesus took hold of me” (V.12). He will “transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body” (V.21).

The goal of following Jesus and becoming more like Him is the only one that can really give us purpose. Every step on that road brings satisfaction and meaning—even during the hard times. What goals are you chasing after? VG

I CONSIDER EVERYTHING A LOSS BECAUSE OF THE

SURPASSING WORTH OF KNOWING CHRIST JESUS

MY LORD. PHILIPPIANS 3:8

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