What is your roadblock?
We all have roadblocks that pop up. These roadblocks, placed strategically by Satan, can be anything, but all carry the same purpose… to keep us from following God as He wants us to.
I used to think that roadblocks were very obvious things… drugs, pre-marital or extra-marital sex, cursing, killing, basically the 10 commandments.
But I have started to see that anything can be a roadblock, if it blocks our path to truly following Christ, or keeps us from using the gifts that He has given us. And what may be a roadblock to one person, may not be to another.
Let me give you an example from my own life. I am a big college football fan, and love to go to games and scream for my team. I have also been blessed with the gift of singing. I have always been in choirs and sung for my Lord, from an early age. But Saturdays in the fall had started to take away from Sundays. I would yell and scream so much that I wouldn’t be able to sing on Sunday, which was making it impossible to use the gift that God had given me. It got so bad that at one point I lost my voice for three months! It made me sit back and reevaluate what was supposed to be front and center in my life. Thankfully, my voice came back and I have learned to enjoy the games without yelling (I leave that part to my husband now!).
You see, many things can keep us from fully following God. A single woman may not like to go to church alone, so therefore she does not follow the call to fellowship with other Christians. A married woman may not want to attend without her husband, or may just be too tired at the end of a long week.
A mom may be so busy that she forgets to take time for the Lord in study and prayer. An employee may be so concerned with toeing the line that she puts her “light under a bushel” so as not to “offend” others.
You see, there are many things that can come between you and worship, or using your talents. It is up to each of us to make sure that we plow through the roadblocks and into a deeper communion with God.
May 26th, 2010 at 8:54 pm
We all have roadblocks that pop up. These roadblocks, placed strategically by Satan, can be anything, but all carry the same purpose… to keep us from following God as He wants us to.