One of the great things about organized sports or working out with a friend or trainer is the second effort that is put in. Sometimes when one is not pushing you, you don't push yourself. Accountability to a coach, friend, or trainer can make you more honest about what you can do, when you don't feel like doing anything else. It is when you stretch yourself and really don't feel like stretching that you accomplish new things.
The same is true in the Christian life. If you just settle for Christian mediocrity, you will not grow. If you rest on previous accomplishments or bemourn previous messups, you will not grow. The way you grow is to press on. Paul put it this way- Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.- Philippians 3.13-14 (www.lifejournal.cc)
Forget yesterday and quit worrying about tomorrow. Stretch yourself today! Press on today for the glory and the honor of Christ.
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