Monday | 28 September 2026
The psalmist declared, ‘Blessed is the man whose strength is in You, whose heart is set on pilgrimage … they go from strength to strength; each one appears before God in Zion.’ Psa 84:5,7. The heart of a son of God is set on pilgrimage as they walk in the light of the word of present truth as a disciple of Christ. The pilgrimage of a disciple of Christ is from strength to strength, or from virtue to virtue, as they walk on the pathway that Christ has pioneered for them.
Our pilgrimage in the light of the word of present truth is from ‘faith to faith’. Rom 1:17. In the fellowship of Christ’s offering and sufferings, we are being transformed from one degree of glory to another. 2Co 3:18. We read in the book of Proverbs that ‘the path of the just is like the shining sun, that shines ever brighter unto the perfect day’. Pro 4:18. For a son of God, ‘the perfect day’ is the end of their mortal pilgrimage when they inherit the glory of their heavenly body.
As a man who had his heart set on pilgrimage, the apostle Paul testified, ‘Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me.’ Php 3:12. Paul explained that there are levels of attainment as a disciple of Christ. Php 3:13‑15. A maturing son of God will be satisfied at each stage of their journey; while at the same time, they will recognise the need to keep pressing on to the end of their pilgrimage.
Earlier in his letter to the Philippians, the apostle Paul said, ‘This I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment, that you may approve the things that are [more] excellent, that you may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ, being filled with the fruits of righteousness which are by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.’ Php 1:9‑11.
Further Study:
Philippians 3
References:
Psa 84:5
Blessed is the man whose strength is in You, whose heart is set on pilgrimage.
Psa 84:7
They go from strength to strength; each one appears before God in Zion.
Rom 1:17
For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, ‘The just shall live by faith’.
2Co 3:18
But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.
Pro 4:18
But the path of the just is like the shining sun, that shines ever brighter unto the perfect day.
Php 3:12-15
Not that I have already attained or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, 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. Therefore, let us, as many as are mature, have this mind; and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal even this to you.
Php 1:9-11
And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment, that you may approve the things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ, being filled with the fruits of righteousness which are by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.