2025: RUN TO WIN

J1. Life is a marathon we all RUN with keen desire to WIN. It is a marathon like no other, the race is not won by the SWIFT or STRONG, “… the RACE IS NOT TO THE SWIFT, nor the battle to the STRONG, neither yet bread to the WISE, nor yet riches to men of UNDERSTANDING, nor yet favour to men of SKILL; but TIME and CHANCE HAPPENETH TO THEM ALL” [Ecclesiastics 9:11] Whereas SWIFT, STRONG, WISE, SKILL and UNDERSTANDING are fine qualities, much desirable to RUN TO WIN, TIME and CHANCE overrides them all. TIME, in this context, illustrates the SEASONS of God’s PLAN for the present world and CHANCE, the intrusive manipulation of Satan in human affairs. If you will RUN TO WIN in the New Year, acquaint yourself with “CERTAINTIES” of DIVINE AGENDA and determine not to be distracted by disruptive activities of the WICKED ONE. As we step into the New Year, I challenge you to RUN with confidence in CERTAINTY of God’s infallible TIMETABLE to prevail over all disruptive UNCERTAINTIES, “… I am God, and there is none like me, Declaring the END from the BEGINNING, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, MY COUNSEL SHALL STAND, and I will do all my pleasure” [Isaiah 46:9-10]

2. Factors that affected every age and year were predetermined from the foundation of the world; the interplay of God’s AGENDA to make man the jewel of creation and doomed antics of Satan to derail it. There is a time allotted and it is fast running out, “… Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a SHORT TIME” [Revelation 12:12] Mounting instabilities of previous years will not go away, they are signs the “SHORT TIME? Is finally running out. The race is now more urgent than ever before, as Satan rides the PALE HORSE for his last stand, “… a PALE HORSE: and his name that sat on him was DEATH, and HELL followed with him. And power was given unto them over the FOURTH PATH of the earth, to KILL with SWORD, and with HUNGER, and with death, and with the BEASTS of the earth” [Revelation 6:8] As you settle into the New Year, RUN as one who knows the LAST DAYS of this dying world are here; governments and government leaders will chorus peace but the SWORD will be relentless, FAMINE shall trigger HUNGER riots and long-forgotten “BEASTS”, I mean viruses portend PESTILENCE. Here is the GOOD NEWS for those who will RUN TO WIN, “And when these things begin to come to pass, then LOOK UP, and LIFT UP YOUR HEADS; for your REDEMPTION DRAWETH NIGH” [Luke 21:28]

3. This year, determine to RUN as one who knows we are on the LAST LAP; the race is not won and may be lost at the slightest distraction, “Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth TAKE HEED lest he fall” [1 Corinthians 10:12] First thing, you want to get kitted for victory, the only chance you have of overtaking the disastrous conspiracies of the adversary is to be BORN of God, “For whatsoever is BORN OF GOD overcometh the world: and this is the victory that OVERCOMETH THE WORLD, even our FAITH” [1 John 5:4] If you are not BORN AGAIN, the weariness and frustrations of previous years would be child’s play as the days go by, “If thou hast RUN with the FOOTMEN, and they have WEARIED thee, then how canst thou CONTEND WITH HORSES?” [Jeremiah 12:5] If you are in Christ and He in you, raise your antenna to discern fatal deception circulating on social media and highest echelons of religious leadership. The LIES are aggravated by global distress and heightened expectations of the appearance of the Lord, “Let no man DECEIVE you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a FALLING AWAY first, and that MAN OF SIN BE REVEALED, the son of perdition” [2 Thessalonians 2:3] Beloved, it is the LAST LAP, keep your eyes on the finish line and the crown that awaits us at Christ’s appearance , “Beloved, now are we the SONS of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, WE SHALL BE LIKE HIM; for we shall see him as he is” [1 John 3:2]

4. it’s a New Year and all are rearing to RUN, one thing is certain, the days ahead will try our hidden thoughts and secret desires of the heart. I charge you to add tons of PATIENCE to whatever you already have; not a few shall lose PATIENCE along the way and “FALL AWAY”, “For ye have need of PATIENCE, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might RECEIVE THE PROMISE” [Hebrews 10:36] Our FAITH in Prophetic WORD of TRUTH, it’s going to be a busy year and many things will happen that would seem to contradict the order of DIVINE AGENDA, you must not be deceived or distracted, “STUDY to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, RIGHTLY DIVIDING the WORD of TRUTH” [2 Timothy 2:15] If you will RUN TO WIN, prepare your heart for ill-treatment, the time has come when those who persecute you will saying they are doing God’s work, “They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever KILLETH YOU will think that HE DOETH GOD SERVICE” [John 16:2] Finally, prepare your heart for all eventualities, not the least betrayals by family, false brethren, close associates and governments; pray for GRACE to ENDURE to the end, “But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved” [Matthew 24:13]