Thought for the day: “You cannot serve Me and the world. Look into your heart and you will find your priorities. Make Me your full time God and I will share all of Myself with you.”
“O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? I thank God—through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with the mind I myself serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin.” Romans 7:24-25
You and I live out this dilemma everyday of our lives. You believe in God and go through the motions of keeping His laws but you end up giving into the desires of your flesh.
You entertain unhealthy thoughts, speak words of pride, lust after the things of the world, and envy the riches of others.
How can you overcome this tension between serving God and living for self? The answer is the Word of God has to be written in your heart. Until this happens you will continue to struggle and be an off and on believer.
The Word of God will move from a mental picture of Jesus into a living reality when you let go completely and make a decision to serve God with all your heart.
This is the beginning of an amazing life transforming experience. You allow your old self to die with Jesus and you live and move and have your being as a new creature in Christ Jesus.
God will baptize you with His powerful Spirit and old things will fade away and all things will become new.
As a new creature you come into relationship with God through prayer and filling yourself with His Word. You become one with God through the Holy Spirit. You cannot stumble when God lives in your heart and you are submitting to Him.
You become a spiritual man or woman and have the ability to judge all things but be judged by no one. This is because you have the mind of Christ and are living for Him.
He alone is worthy of your praise!
Hal Hollister Ministry 