Morning Devotional

Philippians 3:13-14

“Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.”

As we look to begin a new year, let's learn to leave the past in the past. Paul tells us here to leave the past behind and reach for the future. What is our future? As children of God our future is an eternity with our God.
Paul reminds us we are to be ever pressing toward the prize. What prize? The greatest prize ever given. Eternal life with our Lord and Savior. Paul refers to this prize as the high calling of God on Christ Jesus. What is he talking about? Think about it for a moment. We are called from on high by God the Father to salvation in Christ Jesus. What greater prize or calling is there than that!!!
So with the beginning of the new year I encourage those of you who are God's children to forget your old sinful past and work toward the final goal and prize in eternity. Follow our Lord's commandments. Praise His name with every breathe we take. Let those around us have no doubt whose we are and who we are!!! And pray this is the year our Lord returns and calls His saints home to be with Him.
And for those of you who are not a child of God? I pray our Lord will open your spiritual eyes and save you soul this year. If His Holy Spirit is convicting you of your sin and He is calling you to Himself, I encourage you to stop running from Him. Fall at His feet and accept His free gift of salvation from hell and eternal torment. Believe on the name of Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved.



Praise ye the Lord!!!

Stephen McCool