December 25, 2021
Daily Devotion:
Break That “Force of Spiritual Gravity.”
Hebrews 12:1
The Passion Translation
The Great Cloud of Witnesses
12 As for us, we have all of these great witnesses[a] who encircle us like clouds. So we must let go of every wound that has pierced us and the sin we so easily fall into. Then we will be able to run life’s marathon race[e] with passion and determination, for the path has been already marked out before us.
Hebrews 12 calls us to “let us lay aside every weight” that burdens us, so that we can run the race we have ahead of us. When sin becomes a lifestyle, it becomes a weight that drags our body, mind and soul down to an abyss.
We cannot praise or worship God because we feel a burden on our shoulders; it is as a strange and evil force of gravity that pulls us down. In 2 Samuel 24:10 David gave the order to take a census of the people; only it later weighed heavy on his heart “… and David’s heart condemned him after he had numbered the people…” and, “God was displeased ...” (1 Chr. 21:7).
Are you feeling the force of gravity from sin? The first thing you must do is recognize your fall before God. It does not matter how great your sin was; today I call upon you to let go of that burden that does not let you move forward. I invite you to run to the altar, ask for forgiveness and to also forgive. Sin afflicts the soul; leave your burdens at the foot of the cross, and there you will find healing.
Let go of that burden, and break that “force of spiritual gravity.”
