Why do you think that way?

Why do you think that way? Do you realize that no one wins, that doesn't believe they can. Who shows up for a race thinking I want to lose. In 1 Cor. 9:24 Paul writes that every one in a race runs, but only one receives the prize. First we run. Metaphorically speaking the Greek word here is saying: to exert one's self, strive hard, to spend one's strength in performing or attaining something, word occurs in Greek writings denoting to incur extreme peril, which it requires the exertion of all one's effort to overcome. (Thayers) This is a race for your soul. For your life. For your eternity with or without God. This is not a joke. The devil is in the background seeing to it that you don't finish this race. Paul finishes the verse by saying run in such a way that you may obtain it. That means you have to have the mindset to win. You cannot afford to lose. Jesus had the mindset to go all the way to the cross for you. Now its up to you. The Holy Spirit can only help you if you want to win, its your choice. Philippians 2:5, 8 NKJV Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus,... And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross.