With every passing birthday, I feel less at home in this world. With God’s help I have fewer regrets than most – but still, forgetting what is behind I forge forward to the prize – the upward call of God that is in Christ Jesus.

To grow comfortable in this world is to become an enemy of the cross of Christ. While in this world, remain as a fish out of the water. No matter how comfortable the beech, a fish will always try to get back into the water.

Philippians 3:12–4:1 (ESV) —…13 Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. …19 Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and they glory in their shame, with minds set on earthly things. 20 But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, …

Friend, you cannot have the best of both worlds (Rev.3:15-16). Make your choice today (Josh.24:15). Be like Moses who chose rather to be mistreated with the people of God than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin (Heb.11:25).