[Manna - June 12]
This one thing I do. Philippians 3:13
WE observe the Apostle's singleness of purpose—"This one thing I do."
He did not try to do several
things: if he had, he would surely have failed.
He devoted
his life to the one purpose to which he was
called, and to that end dropped every other aim in life.
He did it, too, in view of the fact that all through the
present life his chosen course would bring certain loss,
privation, toil, care, persecution and continual reproach.
In this singleness of purpose he was relieved
of many temptations to turn aside to enjoy some of the
good things of this present life, or to pursue some of
its illusive bubbles. Z.'95-250 R1885:3