“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

“…the sin which doth so easily beset us.” So easily! Think of it! You had hardly a moment to consider, only a narrow second to wrap your mind around the consequences sure to follow the sin that presented itself before you – and just like that . . . bondage. How deceitful sin is! It always over promises and under delivers. The cords of Satan are strong and your personal ‘will power’ is no match for the tailor-made temptation that he has prepared just for you . . . but the blood of Jesus that flowed from Calvary 2000+ years ago is still (!) as beneficent as ever and it is powerful to deliver from the cords of sin and bondage that would tie the believer down and keep him/her from running the race of faith. The Lord wants you free and that freedom comes only one way -renouncing faith in every other method and means (be it religion, will power, good works, relationships, self help, positive thinking, etc etc etc) and casting the anchor of your life/heart to the Lord Jesus Christ and His finished work on Calvary. I’ve heard a wise preacher declare this truth, “The power of sin is broken where the penalty for sin was paid.” If sin – along with it’s dominion, power, and consequences – can be addressed by anyone else, anywhere else, then why did Jesus have to come and give His life? His one great errand in this world was to deal with sin in the life of every individual that would receive Him and fit them for renewed relationship and eternal life with God the Father in Heaven. Sin becomes bondage, and bondage becomes baggage, and you don’t have the time or the strength to carry all of that with you on this narrow way. You can take it to Jesus today. And while it may be easy to fall, He is powerful to deliver. Keep running.