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Devotional for February 26, 2026

KEEP ON PUSHING FORWARD

SCRIPTURE READING - 📖 1 Timothy 1:18

This charge I commit to you, son Timothy, according to the prophecies previously made concerning you, that by them you may wage the good warfare.

Additional Verses

📖 Philippians 3:12-21; Revelation 2 to Chapter 3:22

Stagnant water does not move, it remains where it is and it has no life in it and it soon becomes a breeding place for mosquitoes. Many Christians are like stagnant water. They do not want to keep moving. In this world that you are in, you have to strive forward so that you can inherit the kingdom of God. But it is not a matter of just pushing forward but it is the fight of faith that is needed. 2 Timothy 4:7 says, “I have fought the good fight, l have finished the race, l have kept the faith.” Paul was encouraging Timothy to continue doing the work of an Evangelist as he, Paul had accomplished his mission of serving the Lord Jesus Christ. The life of a child of God should be like fresh water in a river which keeps moving forward. For you to keep pushing forward you need to be longsuffering for there are many battles that will come your way, but these battles should not stop you from pressing ahead. The problem with many Christians is that when temptations come, they think it is the end of the road and yet God is saying, keep on going my child. But because of fear, you may never hear His voice and you will not push forward. In the above text, Paul was encouraging Timothy who also faced the same trials and persecutions you may be facing today, to continue waging the good warfare. Good warfare for every child of God is to keep on holding to the faith in God and not to let anyone rob you of what God has predestined you for in this world, and in His glory when Christ Jesus appears. As a soldier of Christ, you have to keep on gaining ground each day. Keep on winning souls to Christ as you continue to tell the untold, the good news of the Gospel of Christ. Remember that as we are told in Revelations Chapter 2 to Chapter 3 that those who keep on overcoming are raised from one glory to a higher glory in the presence of our Father in heaven. Philippians 3:12-14 says, “Not that l have already obtained all this or have already been made perfect, but l press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers, l do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing l do, forgetting what is behind and straining towards what is ahead. I press on towards the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenwards in Christ Jesus.” If Paul kept on pressing toward the goal until the day he was taken to heaven, likewise you also ought to keep on pushing forward until you are with the LORD in His glory. Alleluia!

Prayer

Dear LORD Jesus Christ, I thank You for encouraging me to push forward and never stand still. I pray that I fight the good fight of faith, so that You raise me higher and higher and that I can be a better person each day as I live. Thank You Father for Your Holy Spirit which guides me. In Jesus Christ’s mighty name I pray. Amen.