The other day, my pastor had a speaking engagement and asked me to come along. We had a driver who came and picked us up and drove us to the venue. As we arrived, the driver took out a huge bottle containing a fluid of some sort. The driver then looked at us and said “Sorry. I’m doing a parasite cleanse.”
In that moment, I felt the Holy Spirit say “That’s what your life needs.” So I looked at my pastor and said “That’s what my life needs, a parasite cleanse.”
Now, I’m not talking about those disgusting worms that invade our bodies. I’m talking about the people in our lives that keep us from living to our fullest potential, the people that distract us from all that Jesus wants us to be doing and to have.
Whether it’d be friends, family, etc, we need to cut these people out of our lives if we are going to go after all that Yahweh has for us.
As Hebrews 12:1a puts it: Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down.
In this verse, we see that we have to strip off those people that weigh us down.
There are people in our lives that we need to cut out of our lives. You know that ones that I’m talking about. Those people who come to you all the time for “help” but never really make any changes in their lives or do anything to get out of their situation. These people have no intention of ever changing.
Some other types of people we need to stop hanging around are the angry man, the gossip, the complainer, the self righteous person and the narcissist. These negative types of people, we need to cut out of our lives. They will only tell you how you will fail, how you’re not good enough or how it won’t work. They will teach you bad habits that will weigh you down and rob you of your joy and peace.
As Jesus said, “Leave them alone! They are blind guides of the blind. They will both fall into the ditch.”
These types of people leave you feeling tired, drained and frustrated. They just want to use up all of your time, your energy and to hinder your walk with Christ.
So take some time today and ask Yahweh if there are any people in your life like this and cut them out of your lives so you can be free to run your race and win.
So, Who’s up for a parasite cleanse?