Phil. 3:14 I pursue toward the goal for the prize to which God in Christ Jesus has called me upward. (15) Let us therefore, as many as are full-grown, have this mind; and if in anything you are otherwise minded, this also God will reveal to you. (16) Nevertheless whereunto we have attained, by the same rule let us walk.
In 3:15 Paul says that "if in anything you are otherwise minded, this also God shall reveal to you." Pursuing after Christ must be our goal. We should not be otherwise minded. God wants always to adjust our mind to His center by revealing to us the need of such a mind, a mind focused on the pursuing of Christ. Paul's word in verse 15 indicates his assurance that there was just one goal. Because of this assurance he could say that if in anything we were otherwise minded, this also God would reveal to us. Paul did not mean that Christians did not have other goals. What he said was that God would reveal this to them. We all need to see God's unique goal. We thank the Lord that throughout the years God's goal has kept us from being distracted. It is very easy to be distracted in the Christian life, for there are many distracting factors surrounding us. If we do not have a fixed goal, the unique goal, the goal set up by God in eternity, and hold to it, we shall eventually be distracted. The only thing that can keep us on God's way is His unique goal--Christ for our highest enjoyment and ultimate gain. If we take this goal as our ultimate goal, we shall be preserved.
Bible verses are taken from the Recovery Version of the Bible and Words of Ministry from Witness Lee, Life-study of Philippians, pp. 200-201. Both are published by Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim, CA. Please visit us at www.emanna.com. Send comments to: [email protected].
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