“For
the good that I would, I do not; but the evil which I would not, I do.”
Rom. 7:19
I have met some pretty uppity people
in my time. They are so sure of their own righteousness that they barely deign
to be in the company of sinners. These are people who believe that they have
become perfect in the flesh and feel sorry for all the other poor Christian
sinners who haven’t arrived yet. We all tend to this way of thinking to a
certain extent. We have become “more” obedient than the next person because we
do less bad things than we see them doing.
We all need a quick lesson from
Paul. He says that he still gave into the flesh when he didn’t want to and
failed to live in the Spirit when he did want to. He doesn’t say that he used
to do that. He says that he is still doing that at the time he wrote this
letter. He isn’t proud of it, but he is not going to deny doing it. He knows
that his only hope each day is Christ, not self.
Dear
Father, Help me not to get uppity toward those who I falsely assume are worse
Christians than me. Help me understand my only hope each day is Christ. Amen.
Until
Monday, my friends, may the good God envelop you with His grace; may you prove
the common confession of faith, “I believe in the holy Christian church and in the
fellowship of the saints”, and may you be enriched with joy and hope as you
exercise that confession this weekend.
Amen
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