Last week we learned what it meant to be “sanctified” for Jesus. Like Olympians who have devoted their lives to achieve the high honor to represent their country in world competition at the Olympics, we as Christians also have a “high calling” in life not found in this world, but one found in Christ Jesus our Lord!

According to Philippians 3:12 & Hebrews 12:2a,for us to lay hold of this “high calling” of Christ for our lives, we must make a continuouseffort as we keep our eyes on Him.

We must hold on to the truth of His Word and follow the course He has for us.

One thing that is absolutely necessary to discovering the “high calling” of God on your life is to forget and letgo of the things you are ashamed of in your past.

Discovering the “high calling” of God on our lives involves, letting go of past sin by accepting God’s forgiveness & stretching or pressingforward to the “prize”.

We must press toward the goal or have that impassioned pursuit of it.

We, too, must set our minds on the things of God, His purposes, His ways, or we will not lay hold of our “high calling”.

We need to be partakers of the heavenly calling. We do that by acknowledging and sharing with others what Jesus has done for us!

Stretch forward to the life God has for you, reaching diligently for the prize of heaven’s rewards, and in doing so, you will have found the “high calling” of God for your life!