In a race, everyone runs but only one person gets first prize. So run your race to win.
To win the contest, you must deny yourselves many things that would keep you from doing your best. An athlete goes to all this trouble just to win a blue ribbon or a silver cup, but we do it for a heavenly reward that never disappears.
So I run straight to the goal with purpose in every step. I fight to win. I'm not just shadow-boxing or playing around. I Corinthians 9:24-26
and the Lord loves us. He will bring us safely into the land and give it to us. It is very fertile, a land 'flowing with milk and honey'! Numbers 14 : 8
Then the Lord said to Moses, "Quit praying and get moving! Forward, march! ..... Exodus 14 : 15
