ON TRACK!

Have you thanked Him?

Have you praised Him?

Have you made it your priority to agree and cooperate with Him today?

Have you taken that deep breath and listened for what He has for you today?

1 Timothy 2:1 (The Message)

^1-3The first thing I want you to do is pray. Pray every way you know how, for everyone you know.

Ever experience those times when you are just “off track”?

Maybe there is something that trips you up constantly and as hard as try to avoid it, diffuse it, deflect it, or compartmentalize it, it gets the best of you again and again? What about certain situations or circumstances that continue to hamstring or hamper your walk. Ever struggle to deal with those?What about a pesky temptation that keeps incessantly popping up, showing up, calling up or acting up?

These types of things serve to take us off the track that GOD is trying to get us on and more importantly keep us on!

Philippians 3:15-16

those of us who want everything God has for us…God will clear (our) blurred vision—you’ll see it yet! Now that we’re on the right track, LETS STAY ON IT!

All of us face times when our spiritual sense of direction seems unclear; times when we make “blurry” and misguided choices.

Fortunately, GOD knows we are a “fleshy” and sinful bunch…

Romans 3:23

All have sinned…

And while GOD is not about condoning or accepting that sort of thing…

1 Corinthians 15:34

Come back to your right way of thinking and stop sinning…

He does offer a clear and available strategy for getting things back "on track"!

Hebrews 12:1

…lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us

GOD says we need to remove anything those things from our life that knock us off track. Bad relationships, tempting alternatives, flirtations and tempters need to go. He says we need to seek ways to reduce stress, guilt, fear, shame, and selfish indulgences. These “encumberances” derail us and detour us!

Moreover He implores that if you have a pesky “sin that entangles”, Uproot it!

It will grow like a wild vine if left unattended.

Never forget for a second that sin that starts small and innocently, unless rooted out early can completely overtake you.

James 1:14-15

…every person is tempted when he is drawn away, enticed and baited by his own evil desire (lust, passions). Then the evil desire, when it has conceived, gives birth to sin, and sin, when it is fully matured, brings forth death.

Once we have gotten rid of the roadblocks, reset the detours and set the sin aside, GOD says GET BACK ON TRACK and move forward!

Hebrews 12:3

…run with patient endurance and steady and active persistence the appointed course…Looking away [from all that will distract] to JESUS…

So let's do just that! Let's strive to get "on track" today!

Put down the baggage that encumbers! Ignores those detours, the sin-laced traps and stops laid by the enemy and press on staying on track; GOD’S track for today!

Proverbs 14:8

The wisdom of the wise keeps life on track;

I love you all!

Freedom Church

Pastor GDelaney