Extension Cords

I was ‘weed wacking’ recently and had a bit of an epiphany. I had three extension cords connected, giving me roughly about a 100 feet of cord to work with. It didn’t take long for the cords to become entangled, knotted up getting stuck on anything and everything along the way. As frustration was kicking in for having to continually detangle the cords and get them ‘unstuck’, God brought a verse to mind. Hebrews 12:2-3 “…let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith…”



As I thought about this verse, it occurred to me that much of life tends to be like that of an extension cord. We so easily get tangled up in things that slow us down from living the life that God invites us to live. Might this be why the author of Hebrews issues the command to ‘throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run…’ Its hard to run when we are entangled. It felt like the extension cord had a mind of its own – meaning it seemed like it was looking for things to entangle itself on. I wonder how many of us look for things to ‘entangle ourselves on.’ Why would we do that? Because its what we know and have grown familiar with. I’ve learned over the years that what we grow familiar with is what we grow comfortable with, and when one grows comfortable, the thought of something different (change), is at best to unsettling.



‘So easily entangles’ – it doesn’t take much for us to get tripped up. What ever it is that is tripping you up – remove that from your path. If I would have disconnected two of the cords and just worked with one, it would have made my ‘weed-wacking’ so much easier. Lose the excess cords so that you can run – and when your running, remember to keep your eyes fixed on person… JESUS!