RUN TO WIN

1 Corinthians 9:24-27: Don't you realize that in a race everyone runs, but only one person gets the prize? So RUN TO WIN! All athletes are discipline in their training. They do it to win a prize that will fade away, but we do it for an eternal prize.So i run with purpose in every step. I am not just shadowboxing. I discipline my body like an athlete, training it to do what it should.Otherwise, I fear that after preaching to others i myself might be qualified.

There are two elements stand out here in order to win the spiritual race; Self-disciplined and run with a purpose

SELF DECIPLINE

The apostle compares himself to the racers and combatants in the Isthmian games, well known by the Corinthians. The athletes went into strict training to compete in the races. Every athlete knows the need to take a proper diet and to abstain unhealthy foods and habits if he were to have any chance of winning. And they get the prize 

Question to ponder;

• What would be some of the proper diet for us in the spiritual race?
• What are some   habits and unhealthy foods that we need to give up?

... let us lay aside every encumbrance,
and the sin which so easily entangles us,
and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us (Heb 12:1)

If athletes in the world disciplined themselves for the goal of winning a perishable prize then how much more we need to train for an imperishable crown? 

RUN WITH A PURPOSE

What are some goals you would like to achieve in order to receive the prize?

 Apostle Paul says I discipline my body like an athlete, training it to do what it should

Question to ponder;

• What would be some of the spiritual discipline you need?
• What are the areas that you need to train in order to RUN WITH A PURPOSE?

I pray that may the Lord help us to be disciplined and RUN with a purpose