FINISH THE RACE

Mathew 25:1-13

God is a God of times and seasons. When it was time for Joseph to be promoted from Prime Slave to Prime Minister, no devil under heaven could stop him. The brothers that sold him to slavery in an attempt to deny him his divine schedule on earth were no where to be found. Moses attempted to change the hand of the clock of deliverance for God’s people in Egypt but the time of God could not be affected. The difference in Moses’ time and God’s divine time was forty years. Are you afraid or concerned about the way things are going in your life? As a child of God, fear is not what you need but prayer. Exodus 14:14, “The LORD will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace.” That is clear enough for your understanding. Let God fight your battle, and the enemy that you have been seeing will not rise again. Hold on to God’s timing, it is the best. Ecclesiastes 3:11, “He has made everything beautiful in its time.” When His timing for you is around, the whole world will celebrate with you. Do you know the time and the season you are living? Pharisees and Sadducees, in their debate with Jesus, were asking for a sign from heaven. Matthew 16:2-3, “He answered and said to them, ‘When it is evening you say, “It will be fair weather, for the sky is red”; and in the morning, “It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening.” Hypocrites! You know how to discern the face of the sky, but you cannot discern the signs of the times.’” All you have to do is open your ears, eyes, and heart to the word of God. Look around the whole world and see, or get informed with all that is taking place. With understanding, you will identify that the race is not only about you or what you want, but most importantly about where you are going to end up. Are you awake and alive enough to finish the race you have started? If you have started the race, keep your sight on the finish line; that is where the price for the race is waiting–for the finisher, not the beginners. Do you remember the parable of the ten virgins? The ten virgins started out in attempt to meet the bride groom, but not all eventually met the bridegroom. Five slept and missed their purpose in time. Matthew 25:1, “Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bride-groom.” All the ten virgins went with right intention, but lacked the attention it took to meet the bridegroom. Yes, you have the intention to run and finish the race, but to lack attention will deny you in getting to the expected end.

Prayer for today: Father, the grace that it takes not to loose focus in the journey of life, let it become my garment in Jesus name.