The Process, the Prize

“Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I
may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. Brethren, I
do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those
things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I
press toward the goal for the PRIZE of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.” Philipians

One of the changes that Christ is doing in our hearts is He is rearrange the way we think of our trials. He is causing us to think of those processes of deliverance, as just what we must go through to go on into the promised land, and be successful. I am sure that the Children of Israel did not enjoy the 40 years in the desert, but they endured it so that their nation might go on into its promise.

There are many things we have need of endurance for. As good soldiers we look to our Captain's command, and follow on into his sure destiny. We have been promised a prize, we must endure the process.