Just a thought on the running scene here in Singapore and Malaysia, aplenty!
All of us will receive a Finisher tee.
The question is where? Heaven or Hell?
Shining with glory?
Or burning with shame and isolation?
That Finisher tee is our robe of righteousness
And the medal our crown(s)
We may not all started off well in life.
You may have fallen, you may had suffered injuries, ran over, pushed, plodded, ran the wrong course.
Finish well.
To the tune of well done, good and faithful servant.
Now faith is the assurance (the confirmation, the title deed) of the things [we] hope for, being the proof of things [we] do not see and the conviction of their reality [faith perceiving as real fact what is not revealed to the senses].
Hebrews 11:1 AMPC
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us,
fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Hebrews 12:1-2 NIV
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