I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus

 Philippians 3:1-21

 Rejoice in the Lord! It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you again, and it is a safeguard for you. Watch out for those dogs, those evildoers, those mutilators of the flesh. For it is we who are the circumcision, we who serve God by his Spirit, who boast in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh.

But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ—the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith.

Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.

Only let us live up to what we have already attained.

Why?

Do what the Lord lets us live up to what we have already attained. Don't do what I did not attain.

For the sake of Christ, do not let me gain something, but consider everything loss. It is hard in this world.

The Lord will ask us live up to what we have already attained, so don't worry, but do our best to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.

How?

Do my best to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.