Take Hold

Friday, July 29

Take Hold

Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Philippians 3:12

God has given us the marvelous gift of becoming holy and perfect like His Son. Though we won’t reach this goal before heaven, we can keep progressing toward it and increasingly conform to the glorious image of Christ. If Paul, one of the godliest men who ever lived since Jesus, kept pressing towards Christlikeness, then who are we not to do the same? Like Paul, we ought to make every effort to progress towards perfection and increasingly conform to the glorious image of Christ.

So how do we know what it is that we should take hold of?

The answer is found in Psalm 25:14. Here God tells us that He confides in those who fear Him. What a privilege believers have – to be able to hear His voice directing our lives and leading us into the plans and purposes that He has for us.

Learning to live in the love and the fear of the Lord is a wonderful key to turn – it’s a key which will unlock even the most difficult situation in your life. With God showing us the way to go we can then press on with confidence to take hold of that which He has prepared for us in advance. I pray that these devotionals have been encouraging as you step into all that God has set for your life.