GVB Devotion of Today- Travelling Light

 

• Key Verse:“Wherefore seeing we also are
• compassed about with so great a cloud of
• witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the
• sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run

with patience the race that is set before

• us," (HEBREWS 12:1)
• What is a besetting sin? It is a sin that besieges;
• one that is unyielding, yoked to its host as it
• were. In sports, like skating and biking, blocking
• and boxing are strategies to control and stymie
• the efforts of an opponent. A besetting sin hems
• you in. It blocks you. It trips you up to fall. The
• sin that besets you does not just slow you down
• - it blocks and even stops your progress. The
• clouds of witnesses here are true heroes of faith
• who died for their testimony of Jesus. Though
• these witnesses paid the ultimate price for their
• faith, they are still alive and are actively cheering
• the believers on till we finish our race. From the
• text, a race has been “set before us.” God wants
• us to lay aside every besetting sin and run with
• patience, while looking unto Jesus, the Author and
• Finisher of our faith. Certainly, all sin is bad for
• the Christian pilgrim; but for most of us, there is
• a sin that is particularly besetting... it is the sin
• that we struggle with all the time. It may be an
• addiction or obsession, a habit, an attitude, a
• bias, a critical spirit, a bad temper, selfishness,
• gossip, bitterness, being untruthful, impatience, an
• envious spirit, Internet porn, self-righteousness,
• and the list goes on and on. We must consciously
• shake off hindrances that hold us back from
• completing the race that is set before us. If we
• fail to do this, the weight of besetting sin can be
• a hindrance to our eventual coronation
• THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Running while fully
• suited is a recipe for defeat.