Daily Worship

Press On

Elspeth March 25, 2015 0 0

Philippians 3:10-12

I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings,
becoming like him in his death, and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead. 
Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect,
but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.

Press on; keep right on to the end of the road;
when the going gets tough the tough get going…..
we know the words
but it is so easy to give up when the challenge is harder than we expect.  
We reach what we think is the top of the mountain
and find another slope ahead,
another demand on our time and energy,
another chance to fail.  
We see others run past us and think 'It's all right for them.  
They don't know what it's like for us'.  
It is so easy to give up.  

Help us to remember that Christ walked the road to the cross,
he took the rough so that our way could be smooth.  
He faced all the difficulties of human life so that we would know it was possible to keep going.
      
As we journey on, though the way be long let our hearts be strong.  
Though we are tired and weary
may we journey on knowing you are there at the end of the road.