Fight to obtain YOUR Goal

Philipians 3:14 "I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ
Jesus." nasb

1st Timothy " Fight the good fight of faith; take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses." nasb

Goal: Somthing we strive for; a mark set in front of us we try to obtain; a prize of hard work we have or strive to obtain.

How do WE Fight to Obtain OUR Goal?

There are three main ways that we need to look at for Obtaining the Goals we have and the Goals that God has set forth before us. I hope that thru this will help us be able to not only see what our Goals are but how God has commisioned us to go and put these Goals into practice.

1. Fight the Fight
2. Fight to Obtain
3. Fight by Pressing toward the Goal

Fight the Fight: Before we set out to "Fight the Fight" we must have FAITH. You know athletes of kinds, no mater if professional or not, have faith that they are the best when the enter the stadium,court,ring or any other event they are involved in. Faith is what makes them work as hard as they do to be the BEST in their field of expertise. But wait what is FAITH? Heb 11 says that "faith is the substance of things hoped for but the evidence of things not seen." So Faith is believeing in what your goal is. The "Fight" that we as Christians are to be engaged in is the race to the end goal of living eternally with Jesus in Heaven. In a sence we are running a race in OUR Christian walk or Our Christian Life. The Good Fight in this passage deals directly with OUR FAITH. I find it so awesome yet amazing how Faith keeps popping into play and into every realm of our daily walk. But why must we exercise our faith? Because if we don't have faith we can't see the end result of the evidence of the things we have going on around us everyday. The thing that we as Christians don't even realize that we have have won the race or the fight but we have to keep striving on to the goal. I think back to world war 2 and look at how Americans were brought into the War and the Choice we had. We could just set back and take the blow from the enemy and think we were defeated right of the bat, but we had a leader that knew if we attacked our enemy back and kept the FAITH to be able to reach the end goal of total victory then we as Americans would have fought the good fight. We as Christians need to look at OUR end Goal of total victory. What is the Victory we have? When our enemy attacks us we have the Faith to move foward and defeat our enemy, but we must keep pressing on keep striving, keep fighting keep, keep proclaming. Remember that we don't have to trophy cup in hand just yet, but remember that God is waiting at the finish line to hand it to you.

Fight to Obtain: You may be asking yourselves" How do i do this?" or "what does that mean?" The is only one answer for both questions. There is no if's, ands, or buts, about it. Jesus made it real simple to understand. Seek the Face of God, get on your knees and FIGHT LIKE A MAN. We must enter into the Throne Room Boldly and let the Holy Spirit guide you. The complete and whole meaning og this statement is PRAYER, PRAYER, PRAYER. We have to go in to our prayer closet and earnestly pray to be a fighter to obtain the goal. We must realize that until we do this we wont be able to fight the fight like we need to. Everytime Satan comes aginst you your sheild of FAITH must be strong and ready to defend the attack, if you are weak you will not be able to Fight to Obtain.

Fight by Pressing toward the Goal: We have already established that we must fight by faith and it takes prayer to obtain, but we must also press on toward the goal or the prize set before us. God gave Abraham a specific goal to obtain, The Promised Land. God like wise gave us a specific goal to obtain or to press on for. God and I alone are the only ones that know if I personally have reached my goal specific prize same with you God and you alone know this. No one knows also but you and God if you are striving or pressing on toward the goal of eternity with Jesus. Only when we believe or putting in in other words, have faith, cnd we press on toward the final mark that GOd has set before us. We also need to remember that Romans 3:23 says " for all have SINNED and fallen short of the Glory of GOD." Remember that it is thru our striving or pressing onward in the evidence of what can't be seen that we will see the complete Glory of God and all that is to be ours for rewards. This has amazed me as I read and studied how Fighting the Fight works in circles. We Fight by Faith, God shows us his Glory, We obtain Faith, God shows us His Glory, We reach the final mark and Go d shows us His Glory. I think of a event that happened very recently to a friend of mine. His mother was life flighted to a hospital in Springfield, MO. with a anureysim in her brain. Now the thing that hits me so amazingly is that first off you usually don't survive, second is that this a very strong christian Lady and has fought the fight and has seen the Glory in Her life. The Miricle that God has given Her is far reaching and can be used as a tool to show others how striving for a Goal as a Christian can be obtained thru Her and Her Families Faith that GOD is still in control and GOD is still on the Throne and The Glory of God can be obtained by Faith. We all have the circle of Gods Glory surrounding us everyday and when we press on and put our Faith and trust in Jesus we CAN NOT FAIL.