10 February 2012
Romans 7:18-19 For I know that nothing good dwells within me, that is, in my flesh. I can will what is right, but I cannot do it. For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I do.
When people are trying to change their life, from a life of alcohol and abuse, it is very difficult to return to a house where the people you left behind have not changed. For sobriety it is not necessary that others must change, but that the person wanting to stay sober must. The problem arises with those who actually trigger emotional responses which causes the person wanting to stay sober to struggle. In the same way when a person has found Christ and is wanting to live a life pleasing to God, to have family and friends who carry on and criticise all that persons efforts.
When Christians realise that sin has many forms, some obvious and some not so obvious, that each of us struggles with thoughts, desires and temptations on a daily basis. We then live one day at a time, each day a battle against self, against the enemy who uses every scheme to trap us.
Be encouraged today to live one day at a time for Jesus.
David
Point to ponder: It is a daily struggle.
Question to consider Do you also struggle?
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