Wednesday, October 5, 2016

It's not like we have switches we can turn off and on....

Do you ever wish you had a bunch of switches inside you that you could turn off and on at will?  I was discussing something with someone recently and said, 'It's not like Soandso can just turn off the part of them.'  And then I said, 'Wouldn't it be great if we did have switches like that? We could turn off the parts of us that we despise with a flick of a switch. ' If I don't want a quick temper- off goes that switch. If I don't want the awful selfishness I have, that switch is turned off. If I find myself committing any sin, off the switch goes.   The truth is, we do NOT have any switch inside to turn off, not a single one we can control in such an instant and permanent manner. We may seek to control our tempers, our selfishness, our various lusts, and sometimes we may conquer them, but conquering them once or even several times does not mean they are conquered forever. 

Truly, our cross is taken up and carried daily.

Remember this--

Jas 1:14  But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
Jas 1:15  Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.

Temptation hits us all… but the LUST needs to be conceived to bring forth sin.

The switches get turned on, but we do have time, BY the grace of GOD, to choose to turn them off before we are committed to the conceived lust. We need to recognize the NEED to turn them off.  We need to know how to turn them off. If learning how to turn them off is allowing the Holy Spirit to turn them off as we surrender to Him, then we must do that!  We need to learn, please, Lord, please teach us!
Daily we will face choices and daily we choose Christ or not Christ. God forgive us for all too often choosing wrongly!  Forgive us, please, don't forsake us. We are very weak, so very, very weak. 


We would be YOURS.

All by the grace of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ now and FOREVER. 

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