HALFWAY THERE!

Philippians 3:13-16 NLT …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. Let all who are spiritually mature agree on these things… But we must hold on to the progress we have already made.

If you’ve ever been on a journey with children, at some point you’ll hear the words, “Are we nearly there yet?” Now that might be after five minutes or five hours depending on the restlessness of the children!😊

We’re all on a journey through life and the Lord is the One guiding us through each season, some of which take longer than others! No doubt, we’ve all had our moments of, “Are we nearly there yet?”😊 Or maybe we’ve arrived at a halfway point and become complacent, or a bit lazy and satisfied with where we’re at, but it’s not really where God intended us to stop. He has so much more for each one of us to learn and places to go.

It’s like when we’re dieting, we lose several pounds and feel delighted but then instead of pressing on to lose the full amount we decided on at the start, we think this will do, and have a chocolate to celebrate!😊Or maybe you’ve had a goal of becoming fitter, and you start out with good intentions of exercising every day but you become satisfied with doing it now and again! 

So often we start out well and it’s the same with our Christian walk. We’re all fired up and then we become satisfied with what we know about God, satisfied with our understanding, when instead He wants us to be constantly growing in our knowledge of Him and all He has given us in Jesus, going from faith to faith, not faith to stuck!

So my encouragement today is not to stop halfway! Don’t stop at the coffee shop half way through your walk of life and think it’s enough. You’re doing well to have come this far, so go the whole distance, reach towards your goal, forget what’s behind, hold on to what you’ve already got, and reach for the prize up in front - the high calling of the upward call of God. 

He wants us to keep growing in our faith, in fulfilling what God has called us to do, keep learning who we are and what we have in Jesus. Keep pressing on! Amen.😊