Have you ever climbed a mountain? I haven't in the natural realm, but I've sure climbed some steep ones in the Spirit. When the going gets rough, it's hard to press on.

I heard of a group of young people who recently climbed a mountain called Golgotha in Colorado. The pine trees were thick and millions of dead pine needles covered the ground. As a result, the upward climb was one of "two steps forward, three steps back." The climbers kept wondering, "Should we turn back now?".

This might be the very question that is keeping many of you from sleep tonight. It's not so much the difficulty of the road ahead; it's fear you won't make it and indecision about continuing that keeps you awake. First you think, "Yes, I'll stick with it." Then you say, "No, it's impossible."

What does Paul say? He says: "...I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me...forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus" (Philippians 3:12-14, NKJV).

Paul pressed on, as did that group of climbers. At the top they discovered a panoramic view such as they had never imagined. Think of what they would have missed if they were still at the halfway point, debating about continuing!

It's the same with you. You may have no idea what God has for you "at the top," but whatever it is, it's His best. So stop tossing and turning...get out of the valley of indecision, and press on!

Heavenly Father, thank you for the ability You have given me to make a decision to press on in Your wisdom and love. Although the way may be rough, I know You will provide all the strength I need. In Jesus' Name, Amen.