Saturday, April 11
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SUPERFLUOUS WEIGHT
The successful runner knows he must strip down to run his best. At any track meet, you'll see plenty of runners preparing for
their races in warm-ups, but they take them off to run. Some athletes even train carrying weights...but they never compete with
them. When the writer of Hebrews says to lay aside every "encumbrance," he uses a Greek word that means...superfluous
weight. If we are to run with endurance, we must lay aside any superfluous weight!
Now, in the race of life, what
constitutes extra weight? It may be that our excess weight includes some good things, like hobbies, recreational pursuits, or
even charitable works. But if we get so caught up in these good things that we lose sight of what is best...they must be laid
aside. Other, not-so-good things can be extra weight in our lives. Besetting sin can slow us down. Ignorance can slow us down.
So can a victim mentality that excuses us from taking responsibility for our own actions and choices. Procrastination can be
extra weight as well. Tomorrow I'll get right with God. Tomorrow I'll seek His will. Tomorrow I'll study His word. And then
tomorrow becomes today, and today becomes yesterday, and you've missed the race of life!
We are to run our race-
the one God has set before us-and run it with endurance. Don't join the throngs of whiners and quitters who have been worn
down by extra weight. For the glory of God in Jesus Christ, run the race!
Memory Verse
HEBREWS 12:1
Let us also lay aside every encumbrance, and the sin which so easily entangles us...
Read Through The Bible
1 Samuel 28-31