(1Co 9:24) “Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. (25) And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.” We do not “run” to receive salvation. That was given at the point of our spiritual birth. We receive rewards for serving our Lord. In doing so we live a “temperate” life – one of restraint, for His glory.