Beyond My Reach

Have you ever made an attempt at something you wanted so badly to succeed that you found yourself grasping at straws? The feeling of not wanting to start over, or not being able to face failure can be overwhelming. To prevent these impostors overtaking our hearts we reach for anything to comfort our minds and calm our spirits. This is ironic in that "grasping at straws," means trying to find some way to succeed when nothing you try is likely to work.

The Apostle Paul in his letter to the Philippian Church stated, "Brethren I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth to the things which are before I press towards the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus (Phil. 3:13-14). 

We reach for things that are temporal and satisfying to our natural affections. These things tend to be like moving targets. Today it is my finances, maybe tomorrow it will be my health. I am not attempting to down play the need for either but if we could just gain a focus on the things that will never move. The calling of God is without repentance. But as the people of God we can not walk into our calling without repentance. Reaching for that unmovable peace that can only be provided by relationship with God is a noble effort that will be both successful and worth all of the effort.