Li Na

Li Na recently rallied from match point to make a comeback against the number one tennis player in the world, Caroline Wozniacki, in the Australian Open semifinals. When she was asked what motivated her comeback, Li Na had this answer for reporters: “Prize money.”

We Christians don’t have to earn our reward from God. He has freely given us our heavenly prize by way of the grace he has shown us through his Son Jesus Christ.

However, his grace motivates us to do our best to live up to our calling. Phil.3:13-14 says, “Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.”