Pressing On To Perfection

Read and study Philippians 3:12-21 After speaking of his own attainments, which Paul counted as "dung" that he might win Christ, the apostle continues by showing the urgency of striving for the "prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus." Verses 12-14 describe the striving saint in terms of a foot race. The apostle appears to be very well acquainted with such a race. The course for it was, we are told, some 607 feet in length. Races could involve one or more circuits around the track....