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Title: Race with patience looking unto Jesus Christ, the author and finisher of your life.
"Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses,
let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with
patience the race that is set before us,
Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith;
who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross,
despising the shame,
and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.” Hebrews 12:1-2 KJV.
Point of Reflection:
There is a race you need to run, there are victories you need to win.
The race before you is yours to run and finish.
You are not competing with anyone, because your own race has components unique to you.
As you run this race look unto Jesus Christ the author of your race and of the story of your life.
The Holy Spirit (the Spirit of Jesus Christ) is your companion- speak to Him often
He is also the one who gives the grace that enables you to get to the finishing line.
This scripture teaches us the important principles of this race.
1. Run it with patience.
In the age of instant coffee, instant tea
and microwave oven we sometimes want everything instant.
You need patience for this race as God often does not do things to your timings.
His timing is always best for you however.
Hence Hebrews 10:36 tells us:
"For ye have need of patience, that,
after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.” (KJV).
His word also says in Hebrews 6:12:
"That you be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises."
Remember also that the race is not for the swift nor the battle for the strong
but for those who use their time to take the chances placed before them. (Ecclesiastes 9:11).
When opportunities come your way, make full and maximum use of them.
2. Put away weights.
Imagine an athlete running with weights on his waist.
Weights are those destractors, wrong priorities,
the cares of this world, the desire for other things (see Mark 4:17-19)
but seek you first the kingdom of God and His righteousness
knowing all these other things shall be added to you. (Matthew 6:33).
Weights remove your focus from the important priorities and weigh you down
and stop you performing for God as you should.
3. Set yourself apart for Almighty God, consecrate yourself.
Looking unto Jesus Christ- the author and finisher of your faith- is setting yourself
apart for Him.
This is a decision followed by a declaration you make to God.
"I am yours Lord with all that I am and with all that I am not,
I give my life to you".
You also need to declare to the enemy satan "I have nothing in you and you have nothing in me,
I reject you in the name of Jesus Christ because I know
you were defeated publicly on the cross by Jesus Christ
and you await your fate in the lake of fire for all eternity".
Talk to the Holy Spirit- I need you, be my Helper, my Strength,
my Wisdom, my Teacher and my Guide.
Consecration releases for you the grace you need to overcome sin.
4. Keep your eyes on the prize,
on the trophy, on the joy before you.
Keep your eyes on eternal life for you
and those who will believe through your witness.
Keep your eyes on the instructions you have been given, on the vision set before you.
Remember beyond the cross was the joy of mission accomplished,
joy of you and me and billions of others going to heaven, the joy of your becoming
what Jesus Christ suffered that you may become, the victory over the enemy satan
and his demons, victory over disease and sickness (physical and mental),
victory over poverty and lack and victory over sin.
It was this joy that kept Jesus Christ going strong when things were hard.
For the joy that was set before Him, He endured the cross and despised the shame.
There is also a joy set before you and for that joy you can endure what you need to endure
and overcome what you need to overcome- to accomplish the mission before you.
Glory to God!
Take some time to make declarations on the race set before you.
When you are ready-
Prayer of declaration:
Heavenly Father I thank you for Jesus Christ whom you sent to suffer and die for my redemption.
I acknowledge the risen Jesus Christ as Lord of my life today.
I set myself apart and consecrate myself for you.
I reject, denounce and renounce every working, every influence and every deception
of the enemy satan and his demons in the name of Jesus Christ.
I ask you Father in the name of Jesus Christ to fill and empower me with your Holy Spirit
right now.
I receive the abundant outpouring of your Spirit upon my life in the name of Jesus Christ.
My Heavenly Father I thank you for Jesus Christ,
the Author and Finisher of my faith.
I pray for grace to run patiently and finish the race before me.
I put away every weight and consecrate myself to you
and to accomplish your purposes on the earth.
Thank you for the joy of mission accomplished.
In the name of Jesus Christ I pray. Amen.
Additional resources:
Https://planetministries.org.uk/message/needs/righteousness.
Https://planetministries.org.uk/message/needs/understandingsonship
Https://planetministries.org.uk/message/promises/characterstatureandachievement
Https://planetministries.org.uk/message/needs/understandingredemption
Https://planetministries.org.uk/message/turningyoursituationaround
Year in Focus
2026 The Year of Almighty God's Special Treasure
2026 is the year of Almighty God’s special treasure.
In this year, Almighty God wants you to engage with Him as a person after His own heart who desires to accomplish His purpose, plan and will.
A person who seeks the burden of Almighty God as you pray and intercede, as you witness the love of Jesus Christ through your various platforms
and as you exercise faithful stewardship of your time, of the mysteries of God entrusted to you and of substance.
His word tells us in Psalms 89:19-23:
'Then You spoke in a vision to Your holy one, and said: “I have given help to one who is mighty; I have exalted one chosen from the people.
20 I have found My servant, David; With My holy oil I have anointed him,
21 With whom My hand shall be established; also, My arm shall strengthen him.
22 The enemy shall not outwit him, Nor the son of wickedness afflict him (NKJV).
23 I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague those who hate him.'
In 2026 there is help ordained for you from Almighty God. You have been waiting upon God with your heart focused on Him, on establishing His hand on Planet Earth.
Receive the help of God. Let the anointing of the Holy Spirit flow upon your life as you meditate on His word.
What you need to know:
Our Almighty God is a faithful God, that means He is trustworthy, He is dependable and follows things through.
His word tells us:
'He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it.' I Thessalonians 5:24.
'Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land; for I will not leave you until I have done what I have spoken to you.' Genesis 28:15 (NKJV).
'Blessed be the Lord, who has given rest to His people Israel, according to all that He promised. There has not failed one word of all His good promise, which He promised through His servant Moses. ' 1 Kings 8:56 (NKJV).
Remember:
'God is not a man, that He should lie, nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?
20 Behold, I have received a command to bless; He has blessed, and I cannot reverse it.' Numbers 23:19-20 (NKJV).
(see also Isaiah 46:9-11, Isaiah 14:24-27)
What you need to understand and have a revelation of:
There is in the calendar of God something called the fullness of time.
His word tells us:
'Then the Lord answered me and said: “Write the vision and make it plain on tablets, that he may run who reads it.
3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time; but at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.'
Habakkuk 2:2-3 (NKJV).
Remember also:
'Now the sojourn of the children of Israel who lived in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years.
41And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years—on that very same day—it came to pass that all the armies of the Lord went out from the land of Egypt. 'Exodus 12:40-41 (NKJV).
In fact, it was precise to the second- at midnight, at the stroke of midnight first-borns were struck and Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron and said -Go and serve your God.
We read in Galatians 4:4-5:
'But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
5 to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.' (NKJV).
In your life and in the Ministry, you need to wait upon Him, but while you wait be busy doing what needs to be done today.
What you need to do-
a) Keep your eyes on the word of God.
His word tells us:
'Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.' Colossians 3:16 (NKJV).
'Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed.
And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.' John 8:31-32 (NKJV).
b) Be conscious of the presence of the Holy Spirit in your life.
We read in John 14:15-17 (AMPC):
' If you [really] love Me, you will keep (obey) My commands.
16 And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Comforter (Counselor, Helper, Intercessor, Advocate, Strengthener, and Standby), that He may remain with you forever–
17 The Spirit of Truth, Whom the world cannot receive (welcome, take to its heart), because it does not see Him or know and recognize Him. But you know and recognize Him, for He lives with you [constantly] and will be in you.'
c) Be in prayer.
His word teaches us:
'Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints—
19 and for me, that utterance may be given to me, that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel, ' Ephesians 6:18-19 (NKJV).
d) Remember your personal prayer agenda with God.
His word teaches us:
'Then the Lord said, “Hear what the unjust judge said. And shall God not avenge His own elect who cry out day and night to Him, though He bears long with them?
I tell you that He will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith on the earth?”' Luke 18:6-8 (NKJV).
Psalms 91:15 tells us:
'He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him and honor him.' (NKJV).
Almighty God has promised to answer you as you ask in the name of Jesus Christ.
We love you as we invite you to be counted as Almighty God's special treasure in 2026 and beyond.
As you run with the vision, we are praying for you and wish you a 2026 filled with the victory that comes from God.
Much grace and peace be multiplied to you.
In the service of Jesus Christ
Apostle Dr Max and Joyce Matonhodze.
Planetministries.org.uk