Today's Thought
It is hard to run any great distance with heavy weights on your body and shifting ground beneath your feet. Christ paid the ultimate price for our sins, and by His sacrifice alone we are made righteous before God, but the Holy Spirit calls us to walk in the freedom that was bought for us. There is a freedom, a lightness, and a pace that we are able to keep as we lay down our sin at His feet and walk in His ways. Scripture speaks of being drastic if you need to be to escape the trappings of sin. Jesus was not literally telling someone to remove their eye or cut off their hand, but to get drastic and determined to escape the sin that can so easily entangle you. If you have friendships that lead you into places that God has convinced you not to go, they must be cut off or if being on social media stirs envy and jealousy in your heart and it traps you in an endless loop of comparison, delete your account. There comes a time in life when you have to get serious about living free, and this just might be one of those times that God asks you to take a definitive step to live in obedience to His ways. David was known as a man after God’s own heart yet made so many mistakes. When his sin was revealed, his heart was broken and he would completely repent and forsake it. Each time we fail we have a decision to either run away from Jesus or run towards Him. As we continue to invite Him into every area of our life, He will gently lead us, if we are willing to follow, to breakthrough and victory.

Prayer Focus
Father, I ask for breakthrough when it comes to any area of sin that continues to entangle me. I believe this is a year of breakthrough and freedom. I am asking for the strength, self discipline, faith and courage to walk away - no matter what it may cost me. I believe that your ways are better. I believe you have set me free to live in freedom. I believe that you have given me all that I need and I will follow with all of my heart, soul, mind and strength!