-THE VICTORY PRICE-

        -THE VICTORY PRICE-

The anticipation is high as the crowd stare to see what and how it would all go down. They have no idea of the minutes, hours, weeks and months of hard work that has been put into place before the eventful day.

They are lined up in a roll, waiting for the whistle to go off. The first step that determines the end, the sweat rushing down ones pores as you race over the track; the complete silence around you when the whistle does go off, as everything around you becomes a silhouette. You can’t hear the cheering of the crowd or your heart pounding in your chest box...It all becomes bleak

Everything goes dark for awhile as your only goal is to get to the finish line first. Every runner has his own strategy, its either you are slow at the beginning and gain pace as you progress or you are fast at the beginning and slow down as you reach the finish line. Whatever your plans maybe, the goal is to get to the finish line and win that victory price.

The book of revelations explains to us in a remarkable story how Jesus revealed things to John through an angel. John was at that time incarcerated just because he proclaimed the word of God and the truth revealed by Jesus the Messiah. He tells us how on the Lord’s Day the spirit took him and he heard a loud voice which sounded like a trumpet speaking behind him. Giving us a vivid description of Christ; a human being standing among seven gold lamp stands wearing a robe that reached His feet and a gold band around His chest. His hair was white as wool or snow, His eyes blazed like fire, His feet shone like brass that has been refined and polished and his voice sounded like a roaring waterfall.

He held seven stars in His right hand and a sharp two-edged sword came out of his mouth...which symbolized something. He eventually told John what the seven lamp stand and the seven stars stood for: they symbolize the seven angels and the seven churches.

The victory price awaits those that persevere; holding up till they reach the finish line. Never giving up despite the challenges they might encounter during the race. The huddles and the strain, the inability to breathe normally and the competition they must conquer.

This is good news for those that may ask questions just like the disciple asked Jesus “what is in it for me”. The victory price is worth more than silver or gold, it sounds more promising than a medal or a trophy.

To Ephesus: He will give the right to eat the fruit of the tree of life that grows in the garden of God.

To Smyrna: They will not be hurt by the second death

To Pergamum: He will give the hidden manna and give each of them a white stone on which is written a new name that no one knows except the one who receives it.

To Thyatira: He will give the same authority that He received from His father. He will give them authority over nations to rule them with an iron rod and break them to pieces like clay pots. He will also give them a morning star

To Sardis: They will be clothed in white, He will not remove their names in the book of the living and in the presence of His father and of His angels He will declare openly that they belong to Him.

To Laodicea; he will give the right to sit beside him on His throne, just as he has been victorious and now sit by His Father on His throne.

To Philadelphia: They will be pillars in the temple of His God and they will never leave it. He will write the name of His God and the name of the city of His God, the new Jerusalem which will come down out of heaven from His God. He will also write on them His new name.

Let him that have hears, then, listen...Spread the word, shine the light, the victory price awaits.