Many times we want to know how people do things and why they do them and how can I do them. Paul is telling us here his vision and what he does in order to make it a realization. In other words, he is telling us his own experience. The third chapter of Philippians is the vision that he holds and hopes to realize, grouped in two sevens:

1. The first seven points are the things that he hopes to realize.
2. The next seven points are the things which he will do in order to realize them.

Now the seven things we found in the first exposition I gave you, are the seven things he wants to realize. They are:

1. I want to win Christ.
2. I want to be found in Him.
3. I want to know Him.
4. I want to know the power of His resurrection.
5. I want to know the fellowship of His sufferings.
6. I want to be made conformable to His death.
7. I want to attain the out-resurrection from among the dead.

So there will be seven things that he sees as possibilities in the life before him. Well, it is one thing to see these lovely possibilities and the next thing is to make them realities.

Now we are starting on the things which he will do in order to make them a realization. The first thing Paul said was, I will sit down and look this situation over and count ft, that is, give it an evaluation.