Galatians 5:7-12- You were running well. Who hindered
you from obeying the truth? 8 This persuasion is not from him who
calls you. 9 A little leaven leavens the whole lump. 10 I
have confidence in the Lord that you will take no other view, and the one who is
troubling you will bear the penalty, whoever he is. 11 But if I,
brothers, still preach circumcision, why am I still being persecuted?
In that case the offense of the cross has been removed. 12 I wish
those who unsettle you would emasculate themselves!
I ran track for one season in high school, I was a complete
novice. I had no clue how to stretch correctly or what any of the coaches meant
with their track jargon. I remember one practice we were running uphill sprints
the whole time (I hated these practices). About halfway through the practice I
felt a little pebble in my shoe, it was annoying but I thought nothing else of
it so I just ignored it and kept running. After every practice the team would
go and see the school trainer to get ice or to get checked out for injuries.
The trainer asked me how practice went and I told him I had a small blister he
should look at. Well, when I took off my shoe the blister was a lot worse than
I thought! I felt so dumb to have to tell him why. He told me that if I were to
keep running on it I could possibly be out for another week or even the rest of
the season. I ended up missing the track meet that week because of that tiny
rock. But I learned my lesson: never run with a pebble in your shoe!!
I'm finding this to be true with a lot of things in my life.
Often it's the little things over time that cause the most damage. For
instance, if I am ever snippy or sarcastic with my mom it would be best not to
let that go for a few days but rather to apologize and take care of it right
away before it gets ugly like a blister.
What's the pebble in your shoe? What or who is distracting
you?
Right where you are ask God to show you and ask him to help
you find a solution.
"You were running well. Who hindered you from obeying
the truth?" V. 7
Answer This:
1. What does the whole rock in the shoe illustration point
to?
2. What is a rock that you have experienced, what have you
left in your “shoe” until it became a bigger problem in life?
3.” You were ______________ well. Who hindered you from
obeying the ___________? “
Take a moment and journal about this.
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Written by Kyle Ryan
Wow this was really good. I never thought that the small things can make the biggest difference. The pebble that's been in my shoe has been lying to my parents. At first it wasn't a problem because I wasn't caught. But as time went by, I got in trouble for lying and now the bigger problem is trust. They can't trust me enough because I've lied so much in the past.
ReplyDeleteYea it's really is so easy to think that it's little sins it's not that big of a deal, but they can cause serious problems!
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