Oops I Did It Again

No, I'm not talking about a pop song, I'm talking about sin. I can really relate to Paul's passage in Romans 7. I don't do what I want to do and I find my self doing that which I know I should not do. It's kind of a tough reading, but I sure understand it.

How do you handle "messing up?" It is a part of all of our lives. Whether it be dieting, exercise, language, pornography, alcohol, or drugs. Or maybe it's getting angry too easily or something else. No matter the sin, it is still sin. And is frustrating or what?!! Paul calls it a struggle between the spirit and flesh. "The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak," he says.

The real truth is that in the long run, I cannot handle it by myself. I think the first thing we must all do is turn these things over to God. He says that I can cast all my burdens on Him (1 Peter 5:7). He tells me that in Christ there is no condemnation (Romans 8:1). What a blessing! I must trust that.

Another way to handle it is to lean on one another as accountable brothers and sisters should be able to do. Paul tells us that we should "restore" one another and help each other "bear burdens." Read Galatians 6 to see those passages. I believe that to be one of the primary reasons God put us together in a family.

We must begin to confide, trust, and lean on each other. I need that and I know you do too.

Someone said that success is getting up one more time than you fall. I believe that real success is trusting in God for the strength to get up one more time.

What do you think?