Verse Of The Week

"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 12:1

Let me begin by saying simply this, thank God for a great cloud of witnesses!! The writer of Hebrews recognized three things that are a great help to all who hope to run the race with patience. The writer recognized that we all must deal with burdens, not the least of which is our own sins. The writer also recognized that the burdens and sins of our lives are sure to be hinderances to us as we strive to run the race for the glory of Christ. But the writer also reminds us that we are not alone in our ambition but rather that we are surrounded by brothers and sisters in Christ who share in similar struggles and are witnesses to the glory and power of the living Lamb of God. Without a doubt the Word of God is filled with men and women whose lives are witnesses to the fact that the power of God is sufficient to give victory no matter what we may face. Likewise, we are blessed with an assortment of witnesses in the life of every believer who have confessions of like faith as those found in God's Word. Witnesses who glory not in themselves but rather in what the Lord Jesus Christ has done, is doing, and will do in their lives and in the lives of all who trust Him as Savior and Lord. My prayer is that the Lord will help me to be a witness to someone else of the victory that can only be found in Jesus that someone else may find the help they need to run this race with patience.