Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us.

Hebrews 12:1 NKJV

Life is a journey, success is a journey, and hence the Jewish greeting “shalom”, which means “have a successful journey, have a good journey, fare well.” As much as it is God’s plan for us to have good success, Satan always seeks to trip us from time to time. Many of us began the journey of 2020 with lots of zest, confidence, hope, faith, dreams, plans etc., but there are things that can slow us down and keep us down. The Bible calls them weight and sins that easily entrap and drain us of power, passion and purpose and ultimately render us immobile.

What weight are you easily susceptible to; discouragement? Fear? Anxiety? What are the things that easily clutter your mind and drain your focus? Could it be some legitimate needs e.g. employment, whom to marry, school fees, where money for the business will come from, how to pay the bills, a loss, the death of a loved one, bad memories, unforgiveness, past hurt, anger and all kinds of negative emotions, etc. that have now become a major burden weighing you down, preventing you from making progress. What is that thing that keeps shutting down your system? It could even be a new found love that has become an obsession, beclouding you from making informed progressive decisions. What slowed you down in the first half of the year? Is it indecision, wrong association or strife? 

Whatever they are, how well you are able to manage and control those weights and sins will determine not only how the second half of 2020 will end, but who you would have become by December 2020 and beyond. It is crucial you know the weights, ask God to help you, build a healthy accountability support system and begin to lay those weights aside. Deal with them now before they deal with you and mess up your beautiful journey.

I pray you have victory over them and may your journey be fun-filled in the second half of 2020 and beyond in Jesus name.