As I wrap this up, I want to say that the distance of your liferathon is not in the number of years you have to live, it is in the purpose you are to fulfil. One can be 80 and unfulfilled and another 45 and fulfilled. Fulfilment is not in age, but in purpose. The reason you passed the first hurdle is to fulfil purpose in order to get to the finish line of liferathon.
“I knew you before I formed you in the womb; I set you apart for me before you were born; I appointed you to be a prophet to the nations” Jer. 1:5 (ISV).
I like to say that you do not have guarantee of long life if your purpose does not allow it. It is the time was allotted for you to fulfil purpose that determines when you get to the finish line.
I used to recite Psalm 91:16 and it used to be my best verse of that chapter. For some time now, I occasionally bring things I have believed in and held tenaciously over the years to a proofing table. One of the things I discovered about that verse was that it was an effect of a cause. I had to trace the cause back to verse 14. I then realized that I have no right to long life if I am not focused on my purpose.
Your purpose defines your finish line. During REHAB, your purpose is made clear to you. You receive the vision you are to run with. The essence of REHAB is not just to empower you to run, but to remind you that your life must count for something. So when you get to your finish line, you can then declare like Apostle Paul:
“I have fought the good fight. I have completed the race. I have kept the faith” 2 Tim. 4:7 (ISV).
When you come to the point where you have completed your assignment on earth, that is your finish line.
Stay blessed.
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