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“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).
We looked at this verse back in January, but let us focus on another phrase in it this time. Most of you have run a race, and you know that you do not want to carry any weight when you are running. In this verse a weight is not our daily work or our normal responsibilities in our personal and family life. It is an unnecessary activity that we add to our lives — something that slows us down in our Christian pathway. It may not be wrong in itself, but it robs us of time that could better be spent for the Lord. For example, spending hours playing video games, or going on Facebook, could be weights for children and young people.
Also, the devil is always there to tempt us with sin, and sin also robs us of our joy in the Lord. We are to lay aside both of these things, so that we can concentrate on the race that we are running. Notice too that it is a long race, to be run with patience. For this we need the Lord’s strength, and we must be “looking unto Jesus” — the One who always acted in faith, and showed us perfectly how to run that race.
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