12 I don't mean to say that I have already achieved these things or that I have already reached perfection. But I press on to possess that perfection for which Christ Jesus first possessed me.13 No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it,* but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead,14 I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us.
My Thoughts: These passages, once again, point to the fact that our salvation is an ongoing process that begins the moment we accept Jesus as our Savior. It was in perfection that Jesus went and died on the cross in our place. As a man with no sin, Jesus died for me, a man with sin, so that I would be forgiven and experience the power of the resurrection in my life. My past no longer determines my future (vs. 13). This passage reminds me of one of my favorite inspirational saying by the late Stephen Covey, “Live out your imagination, not your history.”
Application: Life. These verses impact my soul and my mind.
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