Goal!!

I was looking at the Apostle Paul’s letter to the Philippians the other day and chapter three, verses 13-14, caused me to have a couple of “thoughts”. One of the thoughts I share with you this week and the other will be next time.

Now, it may well seem obvious in this time of the football World Cup to talk about goals, but it did stir my mind about aiming for the goal. Sadly I have just watched an England match where they actually failed to score a goal, but nevertheless stopped the other side from scoring, so it was a drawn match and we are still in the competition – yawn! Even though I enjoy football, I do think that the media has gone a bit overboard with their coverage. I mean, do you really want to stay up to 3a.m. to watch Uzbekistan playing, or even Scotland!?

But back to our verses - Paul says that his goal is to know Christ, to be like Him and to be all that Christ has in mind for him. You see, the goal that Paul has, actually absorbs all his energy, as he strives to be more and more Christlike. Are we like Paul or do we find all sorts of distractions and excuses, in other words, take our eye off the ball?

When we see and read about the Apostle’s background we know that he persecuted Christians, and was present at the stoning of Stephen (the first Christian martyr). Like Paul, we have all done things we are ashamed of in our past, but because our hope is in Jesus our lives have a deeper and richer path. We can let go of past guilt and shame and look forward to what God will help us to become as we trust and follow Him. Realise anew that you are a forgiven child of God and then press on to “win the goal for which Christ has called you”.

Whether or not we win the World Cup pales into insignificance when we look at our Heavenly prize. I want to score a goal, don’t you?

Vic, 28/06/2026

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