Hebrews 12:1-2
1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
How do we stop sinning? This verse, like many places in the New Testament, uses the metaphor of a race. Because I want to cross the finish line, I lay down all the things that slow me down or tangle me up. That’s what sin is: anything that we choose instead of God.
God has given us the great desire of life with Him and the great mission of reaching the world with the gospel. With a race to run like that, our desires begin to work for us rather than against us. Instead of wanting our sin, we will want to lay that sin down in order to run with greater speed and constancy. What is slowing you down?
Prayer prompt: Lord, please show me my sin so that I can lay it down to run to You.