My Prize

I heard Your call and I answered,

You set me on track

Started to run in the finals, as all

other ages were passed

You showed me the eternal,

what lays at the end of the road

That huge portion of heaven,

my reward, my aim, my goal

You are my prize at the end of the race

You are my portion, no one can replace

By Your grace alone I'll endure

to the end of my course

The strait way laid before me,

in which I tried to abide

The word of God held the secret

to reach the end, it's the guide

There were footprints I could

follow of those who ran before

The narrow path they have chosen,

seeing the invisible they endured

Now I’ll look back and see the

way I've come, encountering so

many things

All my defeats, all my victories,

we know what life brings

So I pause and consider, this

book of life You wrote of me

Knowing all my future victories

are locked up in my history

Onward I run staying focused,

Purposed in heart to endure

This race that was not given to

the swift, the battle that’s not for the strong

So with the faith that is within' me,

I rise, these hurdles to cross

Looking unto the Author and

Finisher, Jesus, my eternal reward

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