“Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.” (1 Corinthians 9:24)
Many times we find ourselves comparing our lives with other people. How come she got married and I didn’t. How come they bought a better house than ours? How come he has the latest car and I don’t. While it’s always good to know where you are in relation to your peers, make sure you understand that you are not them, you have your own race to run.
Success is not measured by other people’s results but against your own goals. After executing your 5year plan, where are you now? According to the opening scripture the objective of running the race is so that you obtain the prize hence “…therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight, not as one that beateth the air:”(1 Corinthians 9:26)
It is sad to see how many young people out there are going through this gift of life aimlessly with no goals and no plans. They have the “I will just take life as it comes” attitude. Some want it all, the good life, the mansion, the luxury yacht with their name on the side, but have no plan of how to get there. They think they are going to wake up with a multi-billion dollar corporation to their name from out-of-the-blue. Remember, if you fail to plan you plan to fail. There are two things that happen in life, its either you happen or life happens to you.
You need to take action, chase those dreams. Its not much about talent or other such attributes as explained in Ecclesiastes 9:11which says, “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.” See that, take hold of all those opportunities around you and make the most out of them.
Soon or later you will obtain the prize and speak like Paul when he said, “I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.” Ref to2 Timothy 4:7
Stay blessed
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