All men love to MARCH and not CRAWL, only that many are limited by WEIGHTS. The attached picture showed that the man has the physicality to march forward but the huge weight upon him wouldn't just allow him. It is then important we deal with this foundation in our 2nd edition of MARCHING FORWARD.
"Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us (Hebrews 12 vs 1)."
Assuredly the Lord is available to equip men but what separates us is SIN (Isaiah 59 vs 1-2), for long do we then think we can patch up things before God? Absolutely you can't go far or sustain progress while toiling with sin, it brings Heaven to tears when one who should be a DELIVERER needs DELIVERANCE, how much more painful it is when he or she doesn't even see a need for deliverance.
The Lord told Joshua to march forward with his troops, the Lord told him he shall take over the promised land. God is not a liar, He would surely fulfill whatsoever that comes out of His mouth. But Achan did evil, he committed sin and covered it up, afterwards they were defeated by a small city, they couldn't go forward, the weight brought upon them by Achan stopped their progress (Joshua 7).
Beloved, this is a New Year with great things in store for you from God, are you going to allow those wights take it away from you? God cannot be mocked, He clearly stated it in His word "But God's truth stands firm like a great rock, and nothing can shake it. It is a foundation stone with these words written on it: 'The Lord knows those who are really his,' and 'A person who calls himself a Christian should not be doing things that are wrong (2 Timothy 2 vs 19 TLB)." He desires that we live a life with no sin "He himself has said You must be holy, for I am holy (1 Peter 1 vs 16 TLB)."
I know right now you are asking, is this even possible? Apostle Paul showed us in " Romans 7 vs 15 I don't understand myself at all, for I really want to do what is right, but I can't. I do what I don't want to- what I hate. vs 22-25 I love to do God's will so far as my new nature is concerned; but there is something else deep within me, in my lower nature, that is at war with my mind and wins the fight and makes me a slave to the sin that is within me. In my mind I want to be God's willing servant, but instead I find myself still enslaved to sin. So you see how it is: my new life tells me to do right, but the old nature that is still inside me loves to sin. Oh, what a terrible predicament I'm in! Who will free me from slavery to this deadly lower nature? Thank God! It has been done by Jesus Christ our Lord. He has set me free."
That issue persists because you are yet to cry out for HELP from Jesus Christ, remember while Apostle Peter was walking on the water, he was distracted and lost gaze on Jesus Christ but he was wise enough to cry out for help and Jesus helped him. When would you do the same beloved? Principles cannot help you; personal strategy would only fail you; only Jesus can truly lift those weights off your neck, so you can MARCH FORWARD.
Beloved forget what men would say, run to the cross now when you still can, as the next minute might be too late for you. He loves you and His thought towards you is of good but He is being limited by your sins and weights, LET HIM FIX YOU. You can't hide fire under your bosom for too long (Proverbs 6 vs 27), cry out now for help from Masturbation; Lies; Fornication; Adultery; Drinking; Fraud; Addictions; Pornography; Lukewarmness; e.t.c.
Remain blessed.
God bless you,
Your Brother,
AKINWANDE AYODEJI TIMOTHY,
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