Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Philippians 3:7-16
by: Gabrielle Watt.
Like Jesus in the previous passages, Paul also emphasized the importance of putting aside the things that use to take priority in our lives in order to fully follow Christ. Delving deeper into what that means, Paul said that every follower of Christ should have the goal to consider everything that takes priority over God in his or her lives as garbage. This means lying to rest all the things that distract us from Him. Paul went on to say that while this should be our goal, we know that it is not easy to attain and that it takes time. Regardless of all that, we are called to keep pressing on towards it.