Lord, I can’t stop sinning

 


I have been spiritually slacking lately, I’ve just found myself confronted with a lot of sin. Laziness being my biggest adversary.

Now I am not about to start excusing sin, but I had to come to terms with some things the past couple of weeks; I will not be sinless and sin is not the centre of my relationship with God.

I read Romans 7 and in the last verse Paul says with the mind, he serves the law of God but with the flesh the law of sin (Romans 7:25). This reminded me of the fact that my flesh is not my friend. It will not willingly submit to the things of God and sometimes I may fail to crucify it but, my Lord, He gives me grace to stand up and try again. See, the mind and the flesh exist in in spite of each other, which will always be the case, so do not be surprised when your flesh demands certain things after God convicts you. Do not let the demands of your flesh separate you from God, your shortcomings are nothing new to God, He does not care, and they are not the centre of your relationship. He is the centre of the relationship, and in times when you fall or you start to slide back, look to Him and He will lift you out of that pit.

Sin is inevitable, when we say Jesus overcome sin it wasn’t just that He being flesh crucified His flesh entirely and remained righteous, it was that He overcame the separation that sin causes in the children of God, He forgave people and drew sinners, the most far gone of backsliders, to Himself. Sin wasn’t the biggest tactic the serpent used in the garden, it was shame, for the first time Adam and Eve found themselves embarrassed because they were naked. They saw that they were wickedness in the face of righteousness, mere flesh in the face of a perfect Holy God and they hid. For the first time ever, they wanted to be away from God.  Yet, in the same way that Jesus seeks you out now after you fall, God went looking for them, even though He knew what they did, and the fact that they were hiding.

Look, not sinning isn’t the goal, Jesus is, focus on Him. The sin you are struggling with now is a distraction, do not give in to it, continue to fight, but fight knowing that God has already won the battle for you, fight knowing that He is ahead of you. Fight knowing that falling for a mere moment isn’t the end of the fight, but an opportunity for God to lift you up and strengthen you. So, every time, you’re overcome with that desire, pray knowing that in this weak moment, the Lord will show His strength. After you fall, repent and try again, knowing that the Lord has forgiven you and wants to show you how to overcome this sin.

I am a young woman who loves being creative and God rekindled that love for the arts recently. So, I write as much as I can to glorify Him.

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