Deliverance

I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.
For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do–this I keep on doing.
Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.
So I find this law at work: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me.
For in my inner being I delight in God's law;b ut I see another law at work in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within my members. What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?      Thanks be to God–through Jesus Christ our Lord!
 Romans 7:18-25a

When I first read this passage, I was shocked to realize that even the Apostle Paul had sin issues, and had to deal with the struggles of the sin nature vs. the desire to follow Jesus, which are common to all humanity. Jesus has rescued us, delivered us from certain eternal death and damnation. He is the real super-hero, swooping down from His heavenly dwelling, pulling us from the quicksands of sin. Amazing Grace...how sweet the sound ...to save a wretch like me... Amazing is an understatement!
Today meditate on Calvary, the blood of Jesus that was shed for us at Golgotha...we will never truly know how much it cost to see our sin upon that cross. Rejoice & be grateful in the Deliverance that comes only through our Saviour, Yeshua haMashiach-Jesus Christ.