All too often, we allow little things to creep into our lives that hinder or even prevent us from getting all that we need from God and being all we need to be for the Kingdom.
Hebrews 12:1 challenges us to lay aside the sin and the weights that hinder us. Likewise, Galatians 5:9 let's us know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump. For those who don't know what leaven is, here's the basic Wikipedia breakdown:
Leaven or leavening agents such as yeast are often used in baking/cooking. The chemical compound of such agents creates gas, usually carbon dioxide that gets trapped as bubbles in the dough, causing the dough to "rise." Generally, very little of such agents is necessary to permeate throughout a batch of dough to affect the entirety.
What this translates into for us, is that we need to watch out and guard ourselves from not only those big nasty sins that might tempt us, but also from those little things that inhibit our prayer lives, personal devotion, Biblical study, and general relationship building with Jesus Christ. Why? Because those "little" things can be difficult to spot and sometimes even appear harmless when and if we are able to identify them. However, the Bible lets us know that the little things can cause us to stumble and fall just as much as the big things.
If it's the little foxes that spoil the vine (Song of Solomon 2:15) then we need to pay close attention to those seemingly insignificant habits, activities, etc...that may be preventing us from being all we need to be in God. The tricky part about it is that what may be a hindrance for me may have no affect on you and vice versa. So it's up to us to search ourselves and weed out those things that might be the "leaven" in our lives so we can impact this world with red hot REVIVAL!!!
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