Choke Hold

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FaithWriters' Devotional

Our Daily Devotional:

Choke Hold

Matthew 13:22 NIV: The one who received the seed that fell among the thorns is the man who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke it, making it unfruitful.

Distracted by this life I lead. Burdens carried all the way. Forgetting there is so much more, in store for us to see each day. Sometimes I wonder what it will take to shake us out of the zombie like daze we stammer through life in. So many of us walk around with our eyes on everything but Jesus. The "worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke" the word in us; "making it unfruitful." When will we see this life is fleeting? When will learn to let go of the things that are so life defeating, and cling to God in perfect love? We say that Heaven will be a place so glorious that it will overshadow the greatest of delights of this life. If we so believe, then why can´t we see that the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand? We do not need to wait to experience eternal joy. We simply need to make Jesus the true and absolute first pursuit of our lives, and I can with all assuredness say to you that nothing in this life-the worries or riches-will ever be so big, or important.

[MajestyJo]

Liked the title, it reminds me of the many times, I felt that way. I felt like other's had a choke hold on me, I couldn't do or say the right thing.

When you look at it spiritually, if you get a cough, have a sore throat, a tickle that won't go away, often it is fear based and we are fearful of speaking our mind, of saying no, and expressing ourselves.

Many times we put that same choke hold on others, not allowing them the space they need or the right to speak their own truth.

We get choked up and stymied by things around us, and we allow 'things' and 'stuff' to block us from going with the flow of life.