The battle within
A raging battle
Sin. I hate it, I want it gone, but it won’t leave me alone. Does anyone else sympathize? In my recent meditations it seems that God has wanted to make known to me my sinfulness. I have always known about it but it is currently at the visible forefront in my life. My need for Jesus is so clear.
Though I don’t want to
This raging battle is one that we often find in scripture. Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, David, Paul, and Peter were all men who faced this battle. However, none seem to have written more clearly about it than Paul. In Romans 7:18-20 we find the argument. Paul argues with himself that “the things he wants to do, he doesn’t do, and the things he doesn’t want to do are the very things in which he finds himself doing” (my translation).
This is the battle that we face as Christians. We daily go to war with the flesh. Do you realize this? Do you understand that though you may be passionately living for Christ, you still have the flesh that wants to do anything it can to get your attention off of Christ. The question we must ask ourselves is how do we fight? We will address this fight in the next post.
To be continued…
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