Saturday mornings are a great time for reflecting back over the week. For me this happens with coffee and in fragmented pieces while I take care of my babies. (See my Stolen Moments post) This morning I was writing out a kind of review on how the week was. In some parts my review wasn’t great. It was one of “those” weeks where I never entirely got on top of my laundry or getting my house clean. Sigh.
I brought these things to Jesus for review. He’s so good to me. As I lamented over the ways I’d missed it this week He reminded me of something. When I face a weakness or a failure in myself I often find myself overwhelmed by it and feeling hopeless to change.
What He showed me this morning is that the those thoughts stem from a lie. The enemy wants me to believe that weaknesses and faults are just a part of who I am. When I believe that I indeed feel hopeless to change! The truth is that Jesus has freed me from the power of sin and has given me new life. This is hope to me.
We know that our old sinful selves were crucified with Christ so that sin might lose its power in our lives. We are no longer slaves to sin. For when we died with Christ we were set free from the power of sin. And since we died with Christ, we know we will live with him…
So you also should consider yourselves to be dead to the power of sin and alive to God through Christ Jesus.
Romans 6:6-7, 11
So I press on. We press on. What has the enemy been telling you that you are? Who are you in Christ today? Lets choose to live today in the truth of who God calls us to be. We are His precious children, redeemed, pure, anointed, and called to live and walk with Him today.
*Also, in case you were wondering how my Extreme Commitment is going – so far so good! God’s Word is so cool. I’ll keep you posted. One thing I am loving is that since Troy and are reading the same thing everyday we are having great discussions.
