“(13) I do not consider, brethren, that I have captured and made it my own [yet]; but one thing I do [it is my one aspiration]: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead,(14) I press on toward the goal to win the [supreme and heavenly] prize to which God in Christ Jesus is calling us upward.” (AMP)
Philippians 3:13-14
They say a picture is worth a 1000 words, and a picture is a powerful thing. It ignites the mind and it can change emotions and create reactions. Your mind is a studio; it develops and displays pictures at your command. Our minds have two functions: the memory and the imagination. The memory develops and displays events from your past, what has been while the imagination develops and pre-plays events from your future. My past is over and I am glad that God forgave me and he says in Psalms 103:11 that as the heavens are high above the earth so great is His mercy towards those who fear Him. As far as the east is from the west so far has He removed our transgressions from us. That gives me such peace because I have done some nasty things in my past when I knew not God! Not only does God not remember my past, but He tells me that there is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus.
God paints a picture for us to see what our future looks like. Paul says he presses on towards the mark, what is that mark? That’s the picture God has painted for us to gaze at and press on towards!Now the devil has no fear of your past as a believer but he is scared of your potential and your future. He uses pictures from your past to paralyse your present and to keep you from your future. Do not allow the enemy to keep hosting exhibitions with pictures of your past in your mind.
The dominant pictures in your mind determine the direction of your life. Do not be a part of such displays; keep away from memories that destroy you. God is doing a new thing in your life. You have a great future ahead of you and that intimidates the devil and he will try all he can to make sure you do not get where God is taking you. Remember, you have a studio in your mind. Develop and display pictures from your memory that only remind you of Gods faithfulness as you use your imagination to paint and display pictures of of the great future that God has for you.
“(13) I do not consider, brethren, that I have captured and made it my own [yet]; but one thing I do [it is my one aspiration]: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead,(14) I press on toward the goal to win the [supreme and heavenly] prize to which God in Christ Jesus is calling us upward.” (AMP)
Philippians 3:13-14
