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, I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us.--Philippians 3:13-14 (NLT)
Heavenly Father,
Help me to remember that my past should not be a prison which holds me captive, but rather a springboard that launches me into the things that lie ahead of me today and in the days to come, as I seek to serve You better.
I don’t ever
want to arrogantly take up the notion that I have achieved the perfection to which You are calling me, because I haven’t even come close.
Nor do I want
to be trapped by the sin of my past failures and shortcomings, unable to move
forward because of my guilt and shame.
I want to acknowledge
Christ’s power to forgive me and truly receive that forgiveness of my sin, so
that I am able to focus on moving on from my past and looking forward to those
things that Christ has waiting for me with each new day that comes.
Help me to realize
the dangerous path that I take when I fail to walk fully in the light of Your
forgiveness—that in doing so I am denying Your power to forgive.
I want to
finish strong the race that You have put before me and receive the heavenly
reward that You have prepared for me through Christ Jesus.
Help me to remember that my past should not be a prison that holds me captive, but rather a springboard that launches me into the things that lie ahead of me today and in the days to come, as I seek to serve You better.
In the name
of Jesus, Amen.
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