(TEXT : 1 Corinthians 9:24)
Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
FOCUS :
There is always is a prize for every Race and for every Grace you carry. When you run in a race, you can either be at the first position, second, third, or become a loser in the race. Likewise, Grace covers everyone that are identified with our Lord Jesus Christ through genuine Salvation, but GRACE expired as well if you misused the opportunity. Whenever you are running in a race, you know exactly what you are running for; and whenever Grace is at work in your life, your labour and struggling becomes freedom.
In addition, the race to the tope is not always easy, likewise, the call for the Grace upon a genuine child of God is not a joke. It is not in all the calling you will see burning bush (Moses), Angel (Gideon); but for Nehemiah there was neither “burning bush nor Angel sent to him. However, Nehemiah was carried and sustained in the presence of God through the Grace of God that helped fasted for four months (4 mouths) without any compromise. When you see people under the Grace of God, they do things voluntarily in an extraordinary ways. Nehemiah was not fasting for Ferrari, Lamborghini, Limousin, private jet, and not even a mansion; but he was busy, fasting and praying for God’s people.
Nehemiah 1:4-6 And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven, And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments: Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father’s house have sinned.
Finally, when you are under the Grace of God, maintain this opportunity before it is too late for you. If you are asking for the Grace of God upon your life, for what purpose are you seeking? What you are seeking for will determine what you will get or what you will see. If it’s race, you will run to earned the trophy, and if it’s Grace you will need to obtain it through the “MERCY SEAT OF GOD.” Grace is not by “hardworking”, it is of God who shows MERCY.
Ecclesiastes 9:11
I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
Romans 9:10-16 And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac; (For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;) It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger. As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated. What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid. For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.
Romans 12:3
For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
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God bless you richly!
Jesus Christ loves you
Thank you Holy Spirit
ARE YOU SAVED?
T.O AKINSANYA
PRINCE ORATORTEE