Romans 7: 21 –
23
21 So I find it to be a law that
when I want to do right, evil lies close at
hand.
22 For I delight in the law of
God, in my inner being,
23 but I see in my members another
law waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of
sin that dwells in my members.
Most
followers of Christ are distracted these days, although most wouldn’t admit
it.
When the
empire of Japan, planned the attack on Pearl Harbor, it caught the American
Pacific fleet, flat footed.
Warnings
were totally ignored, which was followed up with carnage and
death.
Is it
possible, that the one single thing keeping you from engaging in the war, is
you?
Life is full
of internal, physical distractions, and yet we seem to pay more attention to
them, than the battle at hand.
St. Paul was
saying here, that his new nature wanted to do God’s will, but something from his
past, kept him from always doing that.
Could it be
possible, that St. Paul was his own worst enemy?
I wonder how
many people really enjoy just sitting in the bleachers, while the rest of the
church battles in the gridiron?
Maybe
instead of being distracted, we should actually get in the game—especially since
we could be in the 4th quarter.
Maybe we
just need to get over ourselves…
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