Hebrews 12:1- 2 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, Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Tonight I am scraping the bottom of the devotional barrel. Seems with the holidays and all the extra-curricular activities I am finding myself coming up dry. My life has become cluttered with too many things going on and my house is becoming cluttered with too much stuff. As a result I am finding that I am suffering spiritually as I am distracted with all these activities and things. Clutter is a weight that holds me down and keeps me from running the race with patience that God has set before me. I find that as clutter over takes me, I am losing stuff and losing my temper with it. It sucks the patience right out of me and my family suffers as I am fretting over it all. I suffer physically as well with the stress of it all. That¹s not how God intended it to be.
And so, this New Year, I am working at it slowly, but I am trying to lay aside the weight that is holding me downŠ. the clutter in my lifeŠso that I can be more effective in the race that God has set before me. My race is that of being a wife, mom, home manager and home-school teacher to my children. This is the calling God has given me. I desire to it to the best of my ability, but it requires me to get rid of what holds me down and keeps me from being and doing my best.
I also desire to grow closer in my walk with God and getting rid of clutter in my life will aid that goal so that I can spend quality quiet time with God and not be distracted by all the clutter that calls out to be dealt with. Simplicity. That is what I desire for my home, my family, my life and my walk with God. It reminds me of 2 Corinthians 11:3, "But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ."
What about you? What is your desire for the New Year? What is God¹s desire for you in the New Year? What will you do today to run the race that God has set before you? Will you eliminate what isn¹t necessary and what hinders you in doing what God has called you to do? Let¹s run the race with patience!
Dear Father, Thank You for speaking to me through your Word when I thought I was coming up dry. Help me to follow through on what you have shown me. In Jesus¹ Name Amen.
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