Cultivating Vision

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The message this week in our Road Trip series was titled "Are We There Yet?" It was focused on Philippians 3:12-21. Paul knew he had not yet arrived. But he was determined to keep growing and he was focused on the finish line. He had a keen sense of a better future in heaven.

If heaven has little appeal for you, admit it. But don't stop with admitting it. Living the Christian life well (in the here and now) absolutely requires a vision of God's coming kingdom, of heaven. That's why Jesus taught us to pray, "Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven."

Here are some books that might help develop a compelling and life-altering vision of the prize:

I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us. (Philippians 3:13b-14)