Daily Devotion, March 10, 2022

 

Devotion:

Read Philippians 3:12-14.

​​We can look at the past, learn from the past, but we shouldn’t live in the past. We have to give our past to Jesus. There are two things we should forget from our past: our failures and our successes. When it comes to our failures, we have to forget injuries and wounds we might have caused. We also have to ask God for forgiveness and forgive ourselves. Think who wrote these words in Philippians. Paul imprisoned and killed Christians. If he could move forward, so can we. We can’t live on yesterday’s success either. We can acknowledge it, but we must look forward. 

 

We are to press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called us. Activity is not the same as productivity. There is a difference between what you may do, you might do, and you must do or between what you would do, could do, and should do. We are told that we cannot serve two masters. God must be first. We need to narrow our focus and figure out what matters most. Every day let’s first seek the kingdom of God.

Personal Worship Option:

The prize is to do the will of God right now, tomorrow, and forever. Whatever we do, do it all for the glory of God.  What is the one thing you do that you need to stop doing? What is the one thing that you are not doing that you should be doing? What is the one thing if you did it, would help you grow personally and spiritually?