Do you find yourself saying with the Apostle Paul in Romans 7:15 'For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate.' I know I can identify with this. The Apostle goes on to say in vs 18-19 'For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out. For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing.' Did you read that 'I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out'! Our desire is to do what is right, so why is it that we fall short. We find ourselves saying with the Apostle Paul in vs. 24 'O Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?' Then the answer to this question is in vs 25 'Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord!'
My friend, we all fall short even though our desire is to do right, but as the Apostle Paul shows us, it is Not in our own strength that we will have victory in this area, it IS through Jesus Christ! It is His strength that we can refrain from the flesh! It is through Christ that gives us the power to live as unto The Lord in Every aspect of our lives. When you find yourself in this position, stop and remember this verse: I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. ~ Philippians 4:13
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