"Lay Aside" The "Biofouling" of Life

"....Let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us...." (Hebrews 11:1)

A "National Geographic News" article written some years ago referred to barnacles as "biofouling."  It "speeds corrosion and increases drag resistance, reducing speed and maneuverability....Any surface that is submerged in seawater could be fouled."  You and I are "submerged" in the sea of life, and the barnacles of that sea are all around.  How is your "speed and maneuverability" today?  Check below the surface.

The Hebrew Epistle was written to Hebrew Believers, not some lost unbelievers, and the exhortation to them is for you and me today.  Our journey through the "sea" of life will find our "ship" gathering "biofouling" barnacles.  The Bible says, "He who covers his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy."  Covering sins, as with barnacles, just secure their grip.  Confession and forsaking of sin through the cleansing Blood of Jesus Christ, delivers us from "corrosion and...drag resistance."  When we are so cleansed, we can then walk in a measure of Malachi 4:2, "You will go out and leap like calves released from the stall"--------------- increase our "speed and maneuverability?!?"

Father, in Jesus' Name, Some times I feel the "corrosion and...drag resistance" of life.  Thank You for the Blood of Jesus Who delivers me from both!  Amen.
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In 1910, an 18 year old Norwegian, Peter Torjesen, "when he heard the call to evangelize China, on that day he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words,'and my life.'"
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Hebrews 12:2