Let this hope keep you on the race

 

And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure. 1 John 3:3 

 

You are on a race that will surely have an end someday. A day that the Lord Jesus shall appear. There’s something that keeps a believer pressing on the race; the utmost reason a believer should press on is to make it to Heavenly eternity and another reason is to win the prize of the race if you ran well. 1 Corinthians 9:24 ”Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.”

 

The utmost spiritual motivation that should keep you on a Christian race is the goal to make Heaven. The greatest thing that can ever happen to you is when you made it to paradise. It’s only those that made it to paradise will see God face to face. Apart from running the Christian race well to winning the prize of incorruptible crowns,  your first hope is to see the Lord in the last days. The Bible clarified that anyone that has this hope will purify Himself or Herself to be worthy to see the lord on the last day.

1 John 3:2-3 “Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.”

 

Dear reader I hope you’re blessed by God’s word today. If your ultimate goal is to see God on the last day and you have not been living a life that pleases Him, why not forsake your past and surrender all to Jesus. Remember it only those that are righteous will see Him on the last day.

 

Conclusion:

Have that Hope in yourself that you will see God face to face on the last day. Let that Hope keep you moving on the race as a Christian.