October 29
The Continual Burnt Offering" B rethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead,
I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus."
Paul was no “sinless perfectionist.” After he had walked with God and served his Lord for a generation, he did not yet consider that he had attained that for which God had laid hold of him. One thing he had laid hold of, and that covered all his experience— namely, that he was always to press on, forgetting past experiences and reaching forth to new appreciation of what God had for him in Christ. The prize of the high calling was to be fully conformed to his Lord. This would not be until he met Him and they stood face to face. Then he would be transformed into His image.
I’m pressing on the upward way;
New heights I’m reaching day by day,
Still singing as I onward bound,
Lord, plant my feet on higher ground.