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The scriptural command when entangled by sin or tempted by besetting sins; calls for extreme actions. If we are to finish well in the faith, we must strip our souls naked of “everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles” us. The benevolent, knowing faces of those who have run the race before us beckon us to do so. The eternal fact is, you’ll never run the race that is set before you if you do not put off your clinging sins. What are your besetting sins? Will you name them before God? He knows them perfectly. Why not do that now?
Going deeper, the question is: What “hinders” you? Literally, what is the weight that hinders you? Most likely, it is not a sin. It might be something that is good — good for others, but bad for you — a place, a habit, a pleasure, a hobby, an event, an entertainment. If this otherwise good thing pulls you down, you must strip it away. For example, there may be an apparently harmless place (a forest, a store, an apartment, a city) that, because of your past sins, still lures you downward. You must toss aside such a place and forget it.
This is radical talk. But it’s a matter of life! It has to do with finishing — and finishing well. The other effective strategy is Run! Properly divested, with every hindrance cast aside, there remains one great thing to do — and that is to run: “AND LET US RUN WITH PERSEVERANCE THE RACE MARKED OUT FOR US” (v. 1b). Persevering grit is an awesome, beautiful thing. Writer and sometimes marathoner Art Carey described in a memorable piece for the Philadelphia Inquirer his experience of “hitting the wall” and then going on to finish the Boston Marathon. We pick up his story near the end: By now, the rigors of having run nearly twenty miles are beginning to tell. My stride has shortened. My legs are tight. My breathing is shallow and fast.
SO, IT IS INDEED THE LORD WHO HELP US TO OVERCOME, LETS US DEPEND ON HIM FOR VICTORY OVER SINS, IN JESUS NAME: AMEN.
References:
The Living Bible
Discipline of a Godly Man( Book by Kent Hughes)
Evangelist Eric Musa:
(My message continuously: If you are not saved: Believe, accept, receive and confess Christ Jesus as your Lord and Saviour and be filled with the Holy Spirit, as it is written; “NOW is the acceptable time, TODAY is the day of SALVATION.- 2 Cor 6:2”. For prayers, devotion, and to support the ministry contact Evangelist on +254722157300 ( Email: EMEA.ericmusa@gmail.com). Remember, God Loves you and I unconditionally, perfectly and always: SHALOM
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