Our Citizenship is in Heaven

Whatever Paul thought was profit...he realized was rubbish, garbage...dung (King James Version).  Our old ways are our waste, our junk...the least important stuff in life.

All the things Paul once considered highly important....compared to Jesus....was now just temporary junk fit for the dumpster.

So what is Paul urging us to do in Philippians 3?
He encourages us from his own life experiences, "I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection..."  Paul says forget about life from your old perspective...your worldly perspective. (My life's priorities before Christ were crap)  Put your effort into straining toward the future. "Press on to take hold " of Christ's will for your life.

Don't think worldly.  Think long term...your citizenship is in heaven! "Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the one true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent." (John 17:3)