Being Clingy

Hebrews 12:1-2
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, 2 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.

Do you know anybody who is clingy? They may be a friend that can never seem to function more than 3 feet apart from your side. Maybe it is a child. Children are often clingy during different periods of their lives. Maybe it is a family pet, like a dog. They always seems to be right under your feet when you are trying to prepare dinner in the kitchen. Maybe it's clothing. A wet shirt or shorts that cling to your body after a walk I the rain. Whatever the object may be, you get the idea of ’clingy.’

When the above text mentions that sin clings so closely, it is talking about that thing that is ’clingy.’ Sin is clingy. All it wants to do is pull closer toward your body. It loves to follow behind you and tug at your shirt, all the while crying out your name. It loves to be intertwined with your legs, trying to make you fall to the ground. It desires to live life three feet or closer from you at every moment of the day. Sin is clingy. But what is the remedy? Look, lay down, and run.

Look to Jesus, the author and finisher of the sinless life. Look to the Christians of the past who ran their race with endurance. Lay down the object of sin that wants to prevent you from running. Lay it down and run. Do not run from your responsibilities. Do not run from those in your life that need you to train and nourish them in the Lord. But run, run, run away from sin.