I press on toward the goal
If you are a Christian here today, then you have a goal.
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Let’s learn how to press on toward the goal as we explore this powerful verse: He was no Olympic athlete, but neither are we! Yet, he wrote to the Philippians as a spiritual athlete running a race: He had witnessed the original Olympic races in Greece.
What about you and me? Do you have any goals? What propels you to move forward on any given day? Are you one who says: "I just try to make it through the day.?" Do you find yourself aimless and bouncing around each day with no clear goal in sight? He has inspired countless others through his determined effort to excel in the sport of swimming. Ryan Murphy has always had a goal in his young life. His older brother, Patrick wrote recently, "I will always be Ryan’s biggest fan. Amazingly he fulfilled his dream by winning the gold medal, not once but twice, when he won the 200 meter back stroke on Thursday night (8/11/16) I want to be the best swimmer in the world." (This is a picture he drew of himself wearing the gold medal…see internet for photo). Here is what he wrote: "I hope my swimming life continues and I become an Olympian when I grow up. Something I found very interesting about him was that his mother was digging through some old papers last year and found a booklet he drew when he was eight years old, entitled: "My Swimming Life." Last Monday night (8/8/16), a 21 year old swimmer by the name of RYAN MURPHY, won the 100 meter backstroke event in swimming, setting a new Olympic Record. Faith and I have stayed up past our bedtime each night watching some of the events. Unless you've been hiding under a rock somewhere you are probably very aware that the Olympics are taking place in Brazil right now. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.