Thursday, May 10, 2012

Grace for your spirit. May 11, 2012

Grace for your spirit
Suffer hardship with me and a good soldier of Jesus Christ. No soldier in active service, entangles himself in the affairs of everyday life, so he may please the one who has enlisted him as a soldier. II Timothy 2:3-4

Hebrews 12 directs all of us to lay aside every encumbrance and the sin that so easily stops us, and run the race with endurance. One of the encumbrances that easily besets us is our entanglement with the world. We start or race, or enlistment in the army of Jesus with lofty goals and high hopes. For a few those goals turn into reality, and we become good soldiers of Jesus. Others trip up and fall by the wayside never seeing the finish line. What is the difference? Some are entangled in the world, others are entangled in the Word. When we get entangled with the Word, we find the secret of living above the entanglements that stop us. Jesus walked these roads before us. Let's fix our eyes on Him, and walk in His steps.

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