Daily Reading for Personal Growth, 40 Days with God

¹² Racing toward the Goal.^[a] It is not that I have already attained this or have yet reached perfection. But I press on to take hold of that for which Christ once took hold of me. ¹³ Brethren, I do not claim to have taken hold of it as yet. Only this one thing: forgetting what is behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, ¹⁴ I press on toward the finishing line to win the heavenly prize to which God has called me in Christ Jesus.

¹⁵ Those of us who are mature should adopt this same attitude. If on any matter you have a different point of view, this too God will make clear to you. ¹⁶ Only let us hold fast in our conduct to what we have already attained.