It's a call to conscious living, knowing that our adoption paperwork though completed, have not been signed, for the Crown of Sonship or Rightousness(2Tim 4:8) or Life(Jam 1:12) to be given us on Earth, even though we're currently called sons just like what we see in our world; until that signed papers are handed over to us on the last day, we are not yet confirmed. Though, we are sealed for it, we must continue to HOPE and keep the FAITH so that we be not discredited at last, as illegitimate children and not sons. Hence, Heb 12:1-2 would say, "Let us run with endurance the race before us, looking unto Jesus the founder and perfecter of our FAITH, who for the joy set before Him endured the Cross, despising the shame and is now seated at the right side of God". We too, like Jesus, must run the race to the finish and not deceive ourself as having completed the race while still running the race.
Until we cross the finish line, we must remain focused and conscious, so as not to run amiss in the end. This, Jesus calls us to do, by checking our standing each day, based on the tripod of a PEACEMAKER, that we are all called to become. "Be Faithful unto death and I will give you the Crown of Life" (Rev 2:10). That Promised Crown of Life, is the True Crown of Sonship. Let us try and run to the end with hope and steadfast faith, that He who has called us and is leading us, will at the end Crown us in His MERCIES as His True Sons. May God, bless us all. Cheers!