Evil
Lies Close
At
Hand
I do not understand my own actions. For I
do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate. Now if I do what I do
not want, I agree that the law is good. But in fact it is no longer I that do
it, but sin that dwells within me. 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. Now if I do
what I do not want, it is no longer I that do it, but sin that dwells within
me.
So I find it to be a law that when I want
to do what is good, evil lies close at hand. For I delight in the law of God in
my inmost self, but I see in my members another law at
war with the law of my mind, making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in
my members. Wretched man that I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?
Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord!
So then, with my mind I am a slave to the
law of God, but with my flesh I am a slave to the law of sin.
Romans 7:15-25
We all sin, and we all have a particular
sin that we keep committing. Our spiritual battles can leave us in despair if
we do not find the solution in Jesus. Are you struggling to break a stubborn
habit? Like Paul, you can be an overcomer. If you
know the Lord Jesus as your Savior, victory is possible through the power of
the indwelling Holy Spirit. Confidently affirm that through Christ you can do
anything.
Think less of the
power of things over you
and more of the
power of Christ in you.
Our Daily Bread -