What is hindering you?
Galatians 5:7 “Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?”
In the life of a Christian may not be all the easy. We be made fun of because of our relationship with Christ, or the that we go to church three times a week, or read our bibles, or even quote scripture.
1. The first thing that is hindering our obedience is the intimate walk with God. In verse 1 we see that we need to “Stand Fast”. This word means that we are to be still or stationary. If we fail to spend quality time with God each and every day there is going to be a need (one only properly filled by God) – and if not properly filled then we will have things in our lives that will hinder us.
Psalms 46:10 “Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.”
2. The second thing that I see here in chapter 5 is that Paul is speaking about the laws. The only thing that the law is good for is to bring us to Christ. If we were to look at the law from a humanistic way – there is no way that we could even try to do what God wants. Are we caught up in the “dos and don’ts” of the life that God wants us to have?
Galatians 3:24-25 “Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.”
3. The third thing that see here is hope. Verse 5 states “…wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.” Have we lost our hope? Is what we do for Christ lost its relevance. It is my conviction that if we have not done our part as Christ has done His we will lose hope and our faith will be weakened.
In 1 Thessalonians, Paul is speaking about Jesus coming back in 4.16-17, here is verse 18:
1 Thessalonians 4:18 “Wherefore comfort one another with these words.” (This brings reassurance and hope.)
Then we have the picture of Jesus being our anchor of hope:
Hebrews 6:19 “Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;”
Conclusion
What are we allowing to hinder us from doing what God wants us to do. In Galatians 5.7, Paul is asking question – what is your answer in our lives as Christians? What is keep us (you) from being obedient?
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