Press

I awoke the other morning with 4 words on my mind….I said them over and over so I wouldn’t forget them.  I felt the Lord was speaking to me.  He does that sometimes- through my dreams.

Press - Impress - Repress - Depress

Why these words?

I looked up the definitions:

Press – to exert weight or force against, move forward.

Impress – to press one thing onto another.

Repress – hold back, stop.

Depress – press down, lower.

 After thinking about what I was supposed to take from these words…I began to see a comparison to our Christian walk.  So over the next few days…we will ponder these words together!

PRESS

Every day, we are to press forward; press on…never stop moving, learning, growing working.  I know nothing about basketball, but this term just came to mind: FULL COURT PRESS.  (Of course I had to Google it) 

“A full-court press is a basketball term for a defensive style in which the defense applies man-to-man or zone defense to pressure the offensive team the entire length of the court before and after the inbound pass.  A full-court press takes a great deal of effort, but can be an effective tactic. Often when teams are behind late in a game, they will apply full-court pressure as a means of attempting to produce turnovers as well as tire opponents.”  (Wikipedia)

Wow,  there is a WHOLE sermon in that!   I believe it is late in the game.  We are the defense.  I believe we are behind.  As Christians we need to be in FULL COURT PRESS MODE!!  We need to be using man-to-man and zone defense!!  We need turnovers!!  We need to tire our opponent!!!!!

 PRESS ON! 

 

Phil 3:12 NIV - Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.