Lay Your Burdens Down (Part 1)

Unlocked: Daily Devotions for Teens · May 31, 2022 · 4m

If you were at the starting line, about to run a big race that you had spent months training for, would you wrap weights around your ankles? Would you tie them around your waist? Would you wear a backpack full of weights? Would you carry them in your hands? Of course not! Why? Because running a race is hard enough, and if you want to win, then you want to be as light as possible so that you can move faster and easier. Weights of any kind would just slow you down and wear you out faster. Hebrews 12 compares the Christian life to a race. Verse 1 says, Let us strip off every weight that slows us…