We all fight Satan’s lies. My problem is that a lot of the time I fall for them and later when I figure out exactly what it was I feel so frustrated and at times stupid. Why? Because I know the attacks are coming they come for every child of God. This begs the question…. If we know why do we still fall prey to them? Well my simple answer is that we are all sinners and will sin. I know that I absolutely do the things that I hate OFTEN. In Romans 7:14-20 Paul was troubled by this very same thing:
“14 We know that the law is spiritual; but I am
unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin. 15 I
do not understand what I do. For what I
want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. 16 And
if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. 17 As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but
it is sin living in me. 18 For I know
that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature.[c]
For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. 19 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. 20 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.”
The issues we face aren’t new however, most of the time we act as if they are. I firmly believe that there is nothing that I fact that Jesus didn’t but I cannot do this alone. What makes my struggles so difficult to bear is that they rarely see the light of day and when they do it is in those times I am so bogged down and shattered that there is nothing left for me to do but place my cares in prayer warrior’s hands. I often look back on the things that I have gone through in my life and think if only. You know what I am talking about…….. If only I had done this or asked for help sooner…… if only I were treated fairly then blah blah blah. It’s time to shake off the if only’s and live in the what’s next. God has called each of us to the places are, have been, and will be for a reason so don’t regret the road traveled give thanks for it. After all, you are who you are because of where you have been.
