Philippians 3:13,14

Philippians 3:13,14 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. When you go hunting, you have to think ahead of what animal you are going to shoot. If you are going to shoot a deer, you need a rifle with a single bullet. But if you are going to shoot a bird, you need a shot gun that shoots a charge of pellets to hit the flying bird. In our verse for today, Paul does not use a shotgun with many pellets; Paul uses a rifle with a single bullet. Paul says that he doesn’t do many things in his Christian life; He focuses on one thing in his Christian life; and he does this one thing very well. Paul says that he forgets the past with all of its successes and failures and he focuses on moving forward following Jesus Christ! Like a runner who has his eye on the goal, Paul focuses on being like Jesus Christ and pleasing Jesus! That should be our single focus: to be like Jesus.