Brethren,
I have been constantly chastened of The LORD on this subject that I bring to you. Every time I try to read my Bible, within the last few days, The HOLY SPIRIT keeps moving Me out of where I want to study into Hebrews 12:1.. HE keeps speaking about laying aside the weight. I know that we have in us the readiness to run the race; we sure know that we have been called to run a particular race, we have learnt to run with endurance, but the Voice of The SPIRIT says "What About the Weights?" What about the Weights? What about the sins that so easily beset us?
The message translation call then "Extra spiritual fat and parasitic sins" Watch this; most of us, though GOD seeking, feel trapped under certain weights, laden with many besetting sins, constantly slowed down and many reaching the very end of their lives without ever coming close to fulfilling purpose, i.e. nearing the end of their lives only to discover that they are far away from the finish line.
Yet the Voice of The SPIRIT says “LAY ASIDE THE WEIGHT” The answer is not in our weeping or wailing, it’s in our obeying HIS voice. A process which starts with naming things. Brethren, there are many things in our lives that would readily co into the weights class, but we must call them what they are “Weights, not weaknesses”. When we name then, only then can they come into submission under HIS NAME. Until we name them, we may never be able to truly lay them aside. I will in a few days continue this thought, yet we needs ponder on this though... What name, based on the revelation of GOD would you call the following; your friends, habits, desires, current associations, relationships et al.
May The LORD send you help, In JESUS Name..
...And in all you do, HIS KINGDOM MUST NOT SUFFER LOSS!
