My aunt Nacari is the Teacher of the Year in her school. She invited me as her guest to the awards dinner this past Thursday. There were around 300 teachers that were the winners from their schools. Throughout the evening they were giving out 13 prizes. All were good, but the last 3 were the best with number 13 being the grand prize.
When we first got there my aunt read over the prizes and said, "I want this one." This one being the grand prize. I said, "Yeah, right."
They called out winner's names and when they got to number 12 I told her, "Let's go, we didn't win." And then, we heard these words.
"And now for the grand prize. Our winner is, from Success High School, Iris Betancourt."
How crazy is that? What were the chances? I started screaming and cheering and she walked up to receive her basket.
Looking back I realize that many times in our christian life we see all others receiving and think that we did not win. But God is saving the best for last. He is saving the best for those that wait upon the Lord, all the way to the end. We should always be aware the the One that made us will not let us go unrewarded. We should look to the list of "prizes" he left us (the Bible) and say, "I want that one." Is eternal life not the best award of all?
