VOP 2022: January 10, 2022 - Costly Price, Worthy Prize or Crown “C-factor”

VOP 2022: January 10, 2022 Costly Price, Worthy Prize or Crown “C-factor” Anything that is beautiful or greatly cherished such as Gold or any admirable jewel or treasure must have been through a process or pressure. While admiring the worthy crown or trophy after a successful race or marathon we must remember the struggles or frown that preceded the crown. This is the only way we can appreciate and keep the crown in a safe place. Anyone that has ever tasted winning a trophy or crown always wants to maintain or retain it. If we are so careful and work so hard to obtain or maintain earthly crown, we must much more seek after the eternal crown of glory. However, Jesus Christ our saviour and role model set the example by paying His own costly price by shedding His precious Blood for the whole world. He also encourages us to take heed and carry our own cross daily, which is nothing compared to His own, and He Has guaranteed us safety because He is with us and for us, holding our hands and ensuring we do not slip off, but land safely. Prayer: Oh Lord help us to keep our gaze or focus on You, so that we may obtain the set prize or crown as a reward both on earth and in eternity in Jesus’ name, Amen. “For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.” ‭‭II Corinthians‬ ‭4:17-18‬ ‭NKJV‬‬. “Then He said to them all, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me.” ‭‭Luke‬ ‭9:23‬ ‭NKJV‬‬. “Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance 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 t