Sometimes I feel like …“God, what on earth do You see in me that makes You want to love me the way you do?” We acknowledge our sinfulness and our efforts to try to improve, but our failings can sometimes weigh us down. You see, I know myself all too well, but so does God.
Any struggles I have had have largely been my own doing. A bad decision here, poor judgment there and I’ve created a big mess. When I am the most down, I’m reminded of Paul’s poignant words in Romans 7:15-16a, 18b-20 and 24 …
“I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. And if I do what I do not want to do, … 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. … What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?”
God provides the answer to Paul’s question in Jesus Christ. Yes, in and of ourselves we are most definitely wretched men. And in and of ourselves we can do nothing to please God. God knew this and sent the solution for our dilemma; His Son. Christ’s death frees us from our sin. If we embrace it and allow it to transform us, we will be a little more like our Lord each day. In the end it is not all about us; it is about living for God one day at a time through the power of the Holy Spirit who resides within us. Until next time, walk with the King and be a blessing!
Richard Keller
Bread of Life Ministries
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