But one thing I do:

forgetting what lies behind

and straining forward

           to what lies ahead.

I press on toward the goal

for the prize of the upward call

      of God in Christ Jesus.

                       Philippians 3. 13-14

(We are not stuck by our past

        nor identified by it,

but found in Christ.

May we let go of the baggage.

God does not repurpose or recycle

           or even restore.

                      But God redeems.

We have just to be faithful 

    in straining forward and 

                  pressing on

      as He reveals Himself to us

                 in unexpected ways.

Behold, God is doing something new.

What is His upward call in this?

     His supernatural work

     in what we only consider ordinary.)

 

O LORD, 

Help us to not just let go

but to strain forward

and press on

and seek You

     and not just an answer.

Please show us how

to respond with a different heart

      to what is before us.

If there is anything we do today,

may we pursue You diligently

      in what lies ahead. 

Even in what we cannot yet see.