Hebrews 12:1-2a (NLT) Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us. We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith.
I was reading this a couple weeks ago and was wondering what was in my life that was holding me back or slowing me down. I think my many times we just fall in to the day to day activities of life and don’t realize we are unconsciously falling in to a way of life that pulls us back from the Lord. Maybe we are making poor decisions in our lives. Or maybe it is not having a dedicated time with the Lord each day, in which we hear from Him and let Him speak direction in to our lives. But many times, we start falling in to activities or friendships that are pulling us down.
The thing that sticks out about this verse is that it’s not a thing where suddenly we do better. We can’t force ourselves in to changing our lifestyle. The point of this section of scripture shows that the sin does trip us up easily, but to get away from it and to run after what God has called us to, we have to keep our eyes on Him.
I encourage you to spend some time with the Lord today. Don’t put it off. Even if it’s five minutes to connect...start making steps toward keeping your focus on the Lord. I once heard a guy by the name of Bob Mumford say that the more time you spend getting to know the Lord and be with Him, the less desire there is to sin. Keep pressing in to Him with everything inside of you. Stay in constant relationship and get to know Him better. And surround yourself with those who are also pressing in to the Lord with everything in them.
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