Are You Paced Or Pampered? (1) - 1 Cor. 9 vs 24-27, Heb. 12 vs 1, Psa. 18 vs 29.

God has set a race of destiny before every born-again Christian on this earth. He has also made enough provisions for every Christian to obtain the prize attached to the race. Let me ask you; are you running to obtain the prize? It is a privilege to be born-again and be aware that there is a divine destiny to pursue. As much as God wants you to win in life and destiny, He cannot force you to prepare and do everything possible to win the prize.

You must not think you are doing God a favour pursuing your destiny and you must not be satisfied with participating alone. Paul wrote in I Corinthian 9:24 that you are to run in such a way that you will obtain the price. Joseph in Genesis 39:7-9 was not ready to allow Potiphar’s wife to disqualify him from winning the price. He was paced enough to jump over the hurdle of seduction.

My focus this morning is to ask you if you have subjected yourself to serious pacing or are you being pampered for your destiny? If you are to jump a 2-meter high hurdle or obstacle that is directly placed in front of you, it could be a very difficult or impossible task. But if someone has paced you ahead to start running in order to jump the hurdle, you would have gathered more than enough momentum to jump.

There is power in pacing. Pacing is preparation that causes you to do extra-ordinary things that are within your destiny (Ps. 18:29). God paced me to read the whole bible four times a year when He was preparing me for my destiny. It was not convenient. Don’t be lenient on yourself. Any attempt to run away from pacing makes you unfit to manifest on the platform or stage of your destiny. If David was not paced to handle the sheep, he would not have been in the bush to face the challenge of saving the sheep from a bear and a lion which prepared him for destiny. You must be paced to win the race of destiny.

Prayer:Lord, I submit myself to the process you have drawn for me to be paced for my destiny fulfillment in Jesus’ name.

Rev Olusola Areogun