With God....
Philippians 4:13
"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."
Short, sweet, to the point, but wow... what an powerful piece of scripture from Paul. Have you ever thought about Philippians 4:13? That Christ gives you the strength to do anything. He gives you the strength to get through a situation you find impossible. He gives you the strength to get through a broken heart. He gives to the strength to overcome your sin struggle when it is staring at you in the face and is tempting you like nothing else you could ever imagine.
I'm always honest, so why should that change now, but I cannot tell you how many times my sin struggle has been tempted by the enemy. I will be the first to admit that my sin struggle in my flesh and the lust of my flesh. When I am put in a situation where my flesh is about to take over, it takes everything in me to not give in to it. To pull back and to stop. To walk away from something I want so so badly and to step away. Believe me, if you have never experienced this... I will call you lucky. Even though God has taught me so much through this sin struggle, I would still never wish the feelings I have had on my worst enemy.
As most of you know, the beginning of my walk with the Lord was not easy. It started off very rocky and the enemy was not happy that I was now a daughter of the King of Kings. Right before I became a Christian I lost my job I had had for almost 5 years. Right after I became a Christian my grandmother passed away, I had to move out of my apartment due to an abusive roommate and I was financially struggling because I was not working. The pain and embarrassment was almost too much to bear. But God is not just with us through our sin struggles, He is with us when we are down in the dirt, face to the ground and begging for Him to pull us out of, what we think, is Hell on Earth.
Now... I may be a Christian woman. Now... I may have been a Christian woman for almost 2 years, but I will tell you this, I STILL STRUGGLE WITH SIN and it doesn't get easier! It's a daily battle for me and my flesh. It's a daily fight and I pray and pray that I don't give in to my flesh, but dang it... sometimes I come way to close for comfort. That I get so close that I still feel the pain and guilt as if something had happen. It's the worst feeling on the planet. Trust me!
Even though that pain feels so real, all I have to do is think about the strength God gave me to be able to resist my fleshly desires and pull away from the situation. To think about the strength He gave me to say no to the enemy and follow my Father.
We all have our own sin struggles and we all deal with them in many different ways, but the one thing we can all say is that we are covered in God's love, grace, forgiveness and strength. We were washed clean when the Son of God gave His life for ours and felt every sin from every human come upon Him. Imagine that! The Son of Man took on our sin and felt total separation from the Father! I cannot imagine that feeling! I would never want to experience that feeling.
My question to you is this... What is your sin struggle? Do you look to God and trust in Him to get you through that struggle on a daily basis? Do you put your full trust in God and give Him control? I will tell you, all of these things are difficult to do. We cannot see the future. We do not know what will happen. But all we can do it trust in the Lord and repeat Proverbs 3:5-6 over and over.
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your way acknowledge Him and He will make your paths straight."
Praying for you my sweet friends!
For Him and For His Glory!
"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."
Short, sweet, to the point, but wow... what an powerful piece of scripture from Paul. Have you ever thought about Philippians 4:13? That Christ gives you the strength to do anything. He gives you the strength to get through a situation you find impossible. He gives you the strength to get through a broken heart. He gives to the strength to overcome your sin struggle when it is staring at you in the face and is tempting you like nothing else you could ever imagine.
I'm always honest, so why should that change now, but I cannot tell you how many times my sin struggle has been tempted by the enemy. I will be the first to admit that my sin struggle in my flesh and the lust of my flesh. When I am put in a situation where my flesh is about to take over, it takes everything in me to not give in to it. To pull back and to stop. To walk away from something I want so so badly and to step away. Believe me, if you have never experienced this... I will call you lucky. Even though God has taught me so much through this sin struggle, I would still never wish the feelings I have had on my worst enemy.
As most of you know, the beginning of my walk with the Lord was not easy. It started off very rocky and the enemy was not happy that I was now a daughter of the King of Kings. Right before I became a Christian I lost my job I had had for almost 5 years. Right after I became a Christian my grandmother passed away, I had to move out of my apartment due to an abusive roommate and I was financially struggling because I was not working. The pain and embarrassment was almost too much to bear. But God is not just with us through our sin struggles, He is with us when we are down in the dirt, face to the ground and begging for Him to pull us out of, what we think, is Hell on Earth.
Now... I may be a Christian woman. Now... I may have been a Christian woman for almost 2 years, but I will tell you this, I STILL STRUGGLE WITH SIN and it doesn't get easier! It's a daily battle for me and my flesh. It's a daily fight and I pray and pray that I don't give in to my flesh, but dang it... sometimes I come way to close for comfort. That I get so close that I still feel the pain and guilt as if something had happen. It's the worst feeling on the planet. Trust me!
Even though that pain feels so real, all I have to do is think about the strength God gave me to be able to resist my fleshly desires and pull away from the situation. To think about the strength He gave me to say no to the enemy and follow my Father.
We all have our own sin struggles and we all deal with them in many different ways, but the one thing we can all say is that we are covered in God's love, grace, forgiveness and strength. We were washed clean when the Son of God gave His life for ours and felt every sin from every human come upon Him. Imagine that! The Son of Man took on our sin and felt total separation from the Father! I cannot imagine that feeling! I would never want to experience that feeling.
My question to you is this... What is your sin struggle? Do you look to God and trust in Him to get you through that struggle on a daily basis? Do you put your full trust in God and give Him control? I will tell you, all of these things are difficult to do. We cannot see the future. We do not know what will happen. But all we can do it trust in the Lord and repeat Proverbs 3:5-6 over and over.
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your way acknowledge Him and He will make your paths straight."
Praying for you my sweet friends!
For Him and For His Glory!
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