RUNNING WITH THE PRIZE IN VIEW.

The scriptures repeatedly told us that life is a race and only those who
endure win the prize, only consistent and persistent racer will earn the
prize - 1 Cor 9:24-25 - Do you not know that those who run in a race
all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may
obtain it. 25 And everyone who competes for the prize is
temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a perishable
crown, but we for an imperishable crown.

In this season of revival, we must recognize that:

(a) EVERY BELIEVER HAS A GOD GIVEN CAPACITY TO BEAR FRUITS .

John 15:16 - You did not choose Me, but I chose you and
ordained you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your
fruit should abide, that whatever you ask the Father in My
name He may give you. We are all endowed with various talents,
capacity and capability by God. In the parable of the talent, Matt
25:14-30 vs 15 And to one he gave five talents, to another
two, and to another one, to each according to his own ability;
and immediately he went on a journey.

(b)EVERY BELIEVER IS ORDAINED AS AN AMBASSADOR OF

CHRIST. 2 Cor. 5:17-20. All ambassadors are representatives of
their country.

Some rewards of serving God as ambassadors and representatives of Christ

which include enjoying certain rights and privileges not accorded citizens of
the country where they live include:

Divine Health: John 15:2 - Every branch in Me that does not

bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit
He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. Pruning connotes
cleaning to ensure fruitfulness. We know that one of the major
characteristics of a healthy tree is fruitfulness. (See also Prov. 13:17;
2Cor. 5:17-20; John 15:16)

Supernatural longevity: Ex. 23:25-26 - So you shall serve the Lord

your God, and He will bless your bread and your water. And I
will take sickness away from the midst of you. 26 No one shall
suffer miscarriage or be barren in your land; I will fulfill the
number of your days.
When we serve God, His interest and that of His kingdom, He ensures we
live long to continue to render service to Him. See Is.65:20-24 - 20
There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man
that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred
years old; ... 21 And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and
they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. 22 They shall
not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another
eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine
elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands. 23 They shall not
labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of
the blessed of the Lord, and their offspring with them.

Therefore, we must engage persistently in kingdom advancement prayers

i.e. praying for souls to be saved; praying for the Holy Ghost the lord of
harvest to move in our nation and world to break the hold of demonic
forces; for the reaper angels to go into our streets to rescue souls. We must
also pursue after souls earnestly with love, ensuring that they are
established in the faith in the name of Jesus.

Know that the reward is always at the end!