Word for Today, Tue, 15 Jun 2004: Getting Rid of Excess Baggage
Posted by: masinick <masinick@...>
Dear friends,
This message looks at ways we can get rid of things in our lives
that hinder us from being who we were created to be, saints of
God, equipped and ready to accomplish God's purpose in our lives.
If you don't know what God's purpose is for your life, then this
message is for you. It's not the complete answer, but it's a
necessary and essential part of the complete equation.
God's Word contains every piece we need. The Word is another
name for "The Word of God". The Word of God comes from the
Bible, which is the recorded Word of God, spoken to men and
recorded by men. Not everyone believes the Bible, not everyone
believes that it is the spoken and written Word of God. For
those who believe it, however, they have the personal, true,
spoken Word.
Yours in Christ,
Brian
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Harvest Daily Devotional
Excess Baggage
"Let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the
sin that so easily hinders our progress. And let us run with
endurance the race that God has set before us." (Hebrews 12:1)
I am the kind of a person who likes to drag a lot of stuff with
me when I travel. I have been traveling for many years, yet I
still overpack. I want to bring everything I own. But excess
baggage makes traveling more complicated.
In the same way, when you are running the race of life, you need
to run light. Sometimes we drag along a lot of excess weight.
But notice that the Bible tells us to "strip off every weight
that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily hinders our
progress." Sin is sin, and there are certain non-negotiables to
which we must hold fast. Then there might be something that is a
weight in your life that may not necessarily be a weight in
another's life. By that I mean, there may be something you are
doing that is impeding your spiritual progress. Periodically, I
need to take stock of my life as a Christian and look at the
things I am doing with my time. I need to ask myself the
question, "Is it a wing or a weight? Is it speeding me on my way
spiritually, or is it slowing me down? Is it increasing my
spiritual appetite, or is it dulling it?"
How often we are so busy doing a lot of things that aren't really
all that important, but they seem important at the time. We need
to ask ourselves if we need to do all of those things. Are they
slowing you down? Lay aside the weight and the sin that hinders
your progress.
Copyright C 2003 by Harvest Ministries. All rights reserved.
Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living
Translation, copyright C 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale
House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights
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