Press On

Rev Ramond Fong

PRESS ON!

Wesley Methodist Church

28 December 2014

Text Phil 3:12-14

Why?

To know Christ more and more

Press on

The way a hunter relentlessly persues his prey

Swiftly

Relentlessly

Till reach goal

Goal

Scorpio

Focus of eye

When runner runs his race

How?

I) Passionately persue a holy dissatisfaction

II) Deal effectively with your past 

III) Intentionally reach for future

I) Passionately persue a holy dissatisfaction

Be dissatisfied with remaining the same

Yearn to know Christ

Do not be satisfied with your level of achievement

Say "No I have not achieved it yet"

Hunger and desire to know God more and more.

II) Deal effectively with your past 

"Forgetting" what lies behind

Biblical "forgetting", not so much "not remembering"

But "no longer influenced or affected by the memory"

Can not erase the past

But can remember it differently .

God can change the meaning of the past.

It could be past hurts, mistakes, failures, sins.

Do not let these hinder you.

Forget them.

It could be past good things

Glorious achievements,

Successes

Eg OneChristmas....

Forget these to move on.....

III) Intentionally reach for future

Straining forwards

Mental physical discipline

Focus on the eternal future

Focus on giving God the very best.

"what you do in life echoes in eternity" 

From movie Gladiator

Plan to end well

John Stephen Akhwari (born 1938^[ in Mbulu, Tanganyika) is a Tanzanian former marathon runner. He represented Tanzania in the marathon at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. As he finally crossed the finish line a cheer came from the small crowd. When interviewed later and asked why he continued running, he said, "My country did not send me 5,000 miles to start the race; they sent me 5,000 miles to finish the race."