Philippians

3:12
'I don't mean to say that I have already achieved these things or that I have already reached perfection. But I press on to possess that perfection for which Christ Jesus first possessed me.'

We have to desire perfection and press on for that in our lives. No matter how far off we seem, or how impossible it feels our goal has to be to become more like Christ everyday. We do it because it was for that goal that Christ Jesus first possessed us! We have Christ living in us, who was perfect and overcame every temptation and therefore the enemy has no dominion over us. I want to seek everyday to be less of me and more of Him, not that I've even got that far yet!

4:11-12
'For I have learned how to be content with whatever I have. I know how to live on almost nothing or with everything. I have learned the secret of living in every situation, whether it is with a full stomach or empty.'

Are we prepared to live off whatever we have? To be content with whatever God provides at any given time? Sometimes that may be everything we could ever want, sometimes it may hardly anything!