"We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.
I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do.
If I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me. For I know that good itself does not dwell 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 I do not do the good I want to do, but 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: Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me. For in my inner being I delight in God’s law; but I see another law at work in me, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within me. What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death? Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord!
So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God’s law, but in my sinful nature a slave to the law of sin."
Romans 7:14-25
I am amazed at the Apostle Paul's transparency here. His flaws explained on a very personal level... If there is no good thing in this man of God, I confess that there is no good thing in me, apart from my Saviour. I am a filthy rag, prone to be easily gone astray if I rely on worldly values, the desires of my own flesh, and not the Word, Holy Spirit, my Savior, who saves me from myself. Just like the Magi were guided by the light of the star, Jesus Himself is the Light I trust. Sin may be crouching at our doorstep like a lion, but God gives us the same heart He placed in David, who was able to kill that lion. My trust is in the LORD- when I am weak, afraid, tired, empty, fallen, or discouraged this is where I run.
Beloved, trust in Him alone, run to Him alone.
I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do.
If I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me. For I know that good itself does not dwell 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 I do not do the good I want to do, but 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: Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me. For in my inner being I delight in God’s law; but I see another law at work in me, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within me. What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death? Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord!
So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God’s law, but in my sinful nature a slave to the law of sin."
Romans 7:14-25
I am amazed at the Apostle Paul's transparency here. His flaws explained on a very personal level... If there is no good thing in this man of God, I confess that there is no good thing in me, apart from my Saviour. I am a filthy rag, prone to be easily gone astray if I rely on worldly values, the desires of my own flesh, and not the Word, Holy Spirit, my Savior, who saves me from myself. Just like the Magi were guided by the light of the star, Jesus Himself is the Light I trust. Sin may be crouching at our doorstep like a lion, but God gives us the same heart He placed in David, who was able to kill that lion. My trust is in the LORD- when I am weak, afraid, tired, empty, fallen, or discouraged this is where I run.
Beloved, trust in Him alone, run to Him alone.
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