“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, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.”
‭‭Philippians‬ ‭3:13-14‬ ‭ESV‬‬

What is Paul “straining forward” toward? What is he forgetting that lies behind him? And what does an often overlooked story from the Torah have to do with this?

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