PROMISE #87 - MARCH 28
Promise #87:
An eternal crown awaits you at the finish line, so keep running your race.
1 Corinthians 9:24-25 (WEB)
24 Don’t you know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run like that, that you may win. 25 Every man who strives in the games exercises self-control in all things. Now they do it to receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.
We are all called to run our own unique race. In Hebrews 12:1-2, the writer encourages us to fix our eyes on Jesus as we run the unique race set out for us. We are called to throw off everything that hinders us and the sin that can easily trip us up and run our race with perseverance.
It is interesting to note that your race is different from my race. I can't run your race, and you can't run mine. We can only be ourselves and fulfill God's unique destiny for each of us. The encouragement for today is knowing that an eternal crown awaits all of us at our finish line. No solitary crown is given to the fastest runner or the runner with the most endurance but to everyone who finishes!
It is amazing to think of our Heavenly Dad's heart, where everyone gets a prize! No one is left out. So keep running your race. Don't stop. Keep your eyes fixed on Jesus, who is waiting at the end of your running lane, ready to present you with a crown of glory that will last forever!
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Responsive Prayer:
Father, thank You for the eternal crown waiting for me at the end of my race. May this reminder strengthen me today to overcome everything that hinders the unique race You have set before me. Help me keep my eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of my faith, as I continue to run with all my heart.
In Jesus’ name, I pray, Amen.
An eternal crown awaits you at the finish line, so keep running your race.
1 Corinthians 9:24-25 (WEB)
24 Don’t you know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run like that, that you may win. 25 Every man who strives in the games exercises self-control in all things. Now they do it to receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.
We are all called to run our own unique race. In Hebrews 12:1-2, the writer encourages us to fix our eyes on Jesus as we run the unique race set out for us. We are called to throw off everything that hinders us and the sin that can easily trip us up and run our race with perseverance.
It is interesting to note that your race is different from my race. I can't run your race, and you can't run mine. We can only be ourselves and fulfill God's unique destiny for each of us. The encouragement for today is knowing that an eternal crown awaits all of us at our finish line. No solitary crown is given to the fastest runner or the runner with the most endurance but to everyone who finishes!
It is amazing to think of our Heavenly Dad's heart, where everyone gets a prize! No one is left out. So keep running your race. Don't stop. Keep your eyes fixed on Jesus, who is waiting at the end of your running lane, ready to present you with a crown of glory that will last forever!
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Responsive Prayer:
Father, thank You for the eternal crown waiting for me at the end of my race. May this reminder strengthen me today to overcome everything that hinders the unique race You have set before me. Help me keep my eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of my faith, as I continue to run with all my heart.
In Jesus’ name, I pray, Amen.