Can you even imagine this?

Can you imagine running a marathon and having to carry an extra 50 pounds in a backpack? If you had the choice, wouldn’t you drop that backpack of dead weight before you took your first step? OF COURSE!

We all carry extra weight with us as we follow Jesus, but we don’t have to do that!

• We can let go of the bitterness and shame because of what Jesus did for us.
• We can drop the weight of our sin because of the help of the Holy Spirit.
• We can unload all the worry and anxiety of what might happen because we know our God is large and in charge.

Now, drop the extra weight and start running!

“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, 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.” (Hebrews 12:1-2 ESV)