"But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. Yea doubtless,
and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my
Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I
may win Christ." PHI 3:7- 8
Regardless of how established we are, we may not sit and become stagnant. We must go
forward and grow and press toward the mark. Paul never taught complacency; he was always
pressing forward for further maturity in the faith.
Watch what we see in PHI 3:12-14, "Not as though I had already attained, either
were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am
apprehended of Christ Jesus. 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."
Paul continued to strive, to go forward; there was no resting on the faith he already
possessed. There was a continual pressing forward. We will not find a place where we may
say, "I have faith, and I am saved; therefore, I can rest."
Little faith is enough to see the mountains of sin, but not enough to see that Sun of
Righteousness which shall arise over them. We may take notice of people who are mourning
over their sins, but they have never come to a deliverance in Christ. Why? It is because
they have little faith; they are not overcoming the circumstances by faith; the
circumstances are overcoming their faith. They do not have the faith to see the Sun of
Righteousness who arises with healing in His wings.
