KEEP MOVING FORWARD

Keep Moving Forward

Philippians 3:13–14

13 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,

14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

There is something powerful and important about the word press.

It implies resistance and It suggests something that takes effort.

It seems to acknowledge that moving forward is not always easy.

Yet Paul said, “This one thing I do.” Not ten things, Not some kind of divided focus. One thing keeps him moving forward, and that is the constant mark set before him in Jesus.

Many people become held back by past mistakes.

Regret can feel like a heavy chain. We replay conversations, rehearse failures, and relive moments we wish we could rewrite.

But Paul, a man who once persecuted the church, refused to let the past define his future. He did not deny it, he simply refused to live in it.

Forgetting does not mean erasing your memory; it means refusing to let it control your direction.

Others are hindered not by the past, but by the comfort of the present. Complacency can quietly settle into your spirit. We grow used to where we are. We stop stretching. We stop believing God for more.

Yet the Christian life was never meant to be stagnant. Rivers flow. Seeds grow. Faith advances. If we are not pressing forward, we are slowly drifting backward.

Then there is the fear of the unknown future. Moving forward requires trust.

We do not always see the full path ahead and it’s really good that we don’t.

We cannot predict every turn. But we are never pressing toward uncertainty, we are pressing toward “the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.”

The destination is secure, even when the details may not be.

God never calls us to stand still in regret. He never calls us to settle into spiritual comfort. And He certainly does not call us to live in fear of tomorrow. He calls us upward and Forward.

Today may require you to release something behind you. It may require you to rise from complacency or It may require you to take one small step into unfamiliar territory.

But whatever you do, keep pressing.

Keep moving forward.

The prize is ahead of you, not behind you.