Today's Scriptures are Romans 6:11-18 and John 8:31-36. I find it very compelling that Paul says that we need to not offer up the "parts" of our bodies to sin. I started thinking about what in the world that could mean.
How can I offer up a part of my body to sin? I guess I can sin with my eyes when I look at something I shouldn't look at. I think I can sin with my hands when I use them as a tool to get something I don't need or to offend someone who I am mad at. I believe I can sin with my ears when I listen to things that I should not. I sin with my feet when I willingly walk into trouble, knowing that it will lead me to ruin.
I even sin with my heart, when I long to do something that is wrong because it will make me feel better. I sin with my mouth when the words that come out of it are used to tear down and destroy.
I do offer up the various parts of my body to sin. I need to stop. As I thought through the list, there are not many untainted parts of my body that sin has not left it's dark imprint upon.
But thank the Lord, I am no longer held captive by those ways. I can choose differently now because of Christ and His power within me, I can choose to live for Him and not me.
"Father, wash me clean from sin's dark stain. I still see it's affect in my life. I once took a bloodbath and that cleaned me up...but like my dog, Bessie, I went quickly back to wallowing in the dirt. Help me to stay clean, Lord. Cleanse me. Purify me. Transform me...from the inside out. Thank you Jesus. In Your Name."
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