I have been drawn back to the subject intimacy with God.  Do you realize just how important it is to let God be the Master of your life? Before you were born, God knew the goals He had for you. The only way you can accomplish these goals and press toward the goal for the prize is through Jesus Christ. In the scriptures below, Paul talks about forgetting the things that are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead.  Learn today to have a true relationship with your Heavenly Father.  If you are not sure of the goal God has for you, then I would say, you need to be having a little more closer walk with God.  And as you do He will reveal His goals for you, and I promise, you will reach them. 

Philippians 3:12-16 "12 Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me.

13 Brethren, 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,

14 I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

15 Therefore let us, as many as are mature, have this mind; and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal even this to you.

16 Nevertheless, to the degree that we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule,[a] let us be of the same mind."

Reaching forward, the imagery is that of a runner on the course straining every muscle as he runs toward the goal; his hand stretched out to grasp it.  Devotion focuses on the pursuit of intimacy with God.  It is "devoting oneself" to knowing Jesus Christ. One measure of maturity is the degree to which this pursuit becomes our consuming focus and desire. Nowhere is the disciple of Jesus more challenged to become a man or woman "after God's own heart" than here.

Understand that no personal achievements earn spiritual position. Do not be afraid to lose everything in your quest to know Christ.  Make "knowing" Christ your main goal in life. Know that this quest always involves sacrifice and unselfish living.  Aim to achieve the goal God has set for you.  Spare no cost in this quest.  Spare no effort in your pressing toward the mark of knowing Christ.  Recognize that a single-eyed pursuit of God is the hallmark of true spiritual maturity.

Know that those who offer cheap alternatives to knowing Christ become His enemies.

Joyfully, In The Master's Service
 Blessings, Prayers and Love,
 Pastor Pat

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