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• Fencing and cycling

Philippians 3:12“...I press on

so that I may lay hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus.”

GOAL-DIRECTED LIVING

Achieving a goal usually involves:•Having a realistic idea of where you ARE.•Having a clear idea of the Goal.•Knowing how to get from where you are to the goal. •Actually taking the steps to move from where you are toward the goal.

Philippians 3:12-14

Paul was realistic about where he was, 12-13.

• “Not that I have already obtained it,” 12

• “...[not that I] have already become perfect,” 12.

• ”Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet,“ 13

Philippians 3:12-14

Paul had a clear idea of the goal: “that for which I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus,” 12.

Rom 11:33, 36“Oh, the depth of the riches

both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His

judgments and unfathomable His ways! ...

For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things.

To Him be the glory forever. Amen.

For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His

Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brethren;

and these whom He predestined, He also called; and these whom He called, He also justified; and these

whom He justified, He also glorified. Romans 8:29-30

But we all, with unveiled face, reflecting as in a mirror the glory of the Lord,

are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.

II Corinthians 3:18

Philippians 3:12-14

Paul had a clear idea of the goal: “that for which I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus,” 12.

That he might be transformed into the image of Jesus Christ to the glory of God the Father!

And Paul says, “I have made God’s goals for my life...MY goals for my life:Growing into His likeness,

that I might bring glory to Him!”

Philippians 3:12-14

Paul knew how to get from where he was to the goal, 13.

• Forgetting what lies behind,

• Reaching forward to what lies ahead.

Philippians 3:12-14

Paul took the steps necessary to move toward the goal, 13.

• I press on..., 12

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

GOAL-DIRECTED LIVINGHave a realistic idea of where you are.

Realize that the goal is conformity to the image of Jesus to the glory of God.Knowing how to get from where you are to the goal.

Actively pursue the goal.