Our need for God - Romans 7

OUR NEED FOR GOD

We can make it on our own....is the mantra of the day.  What do you think, can we honestly make it on our own?  Love these paragraphs from the bible taken from Romans, reminding us that we are far from perfect and now and again need a little help along the way. 

We may manage intellectually, socially, or financially, but internally we can often struggle. We struggle with our thoughts and actions; we struggle with our worries and hardships.  We struggle with a void in life that cannot be filled, somehow no matter what we get in life, it's never enough.

Sometimes we need God to save us from ourselves, to pluck us out of our egos, to help us internally (our souls) and help us to turn from struggles and evil and towards goodness and hope.  May the longings of our souls be filled again.  We want to be a better person, but often we struggle to change our ways.  God knows and understands our struggles and weaknesses. In society and on social media, we are often told, not to focus on our weaknesses, not to focus on our shortcomings; but only in building and feeding our egos and successes. There is nothing wrong with building our success, but what about having success on the inside of us.  Does social media ever talk about that; our character, our values, and our willingness to change our ways for the better.  God will gently begin to work on us and change our hearts, as we become more like Him, he will give us insight into what we need to do to change.  It may be a little uncomfortable to face our fears and shortcomings but it’s all to receive a greater glory, a greater meaning and a greater way of living.  I will leave you with these amazing bible verses to study and ponder on.  The nature within us (sin) always wants to pull us back from our heavenly nature, only God can give us the strength to change and stay on course. Only God can make a way, where there is no way.

 Lv Caroline x

Romans 7:15-24The Message (MSG) - What I don’t understand about myself is that I decide one way, but then I act another, doing things I absolutely despise. So, if I cannot be trusted to figure out what is best for myself and then do it, it becomes obvious that God’s command is necessary.  

But I need something more! For if I know the law but still cannot keep it, and if the power of the bad within me keeps sabotaging my best intentions, I obviously need help! I realize that I do not have what it takes. I can will it, but I can’t do it. I decide to do good, but I do not really do it; I decide not to do bad, but then I do it anyway. My decisions, such as they are, do not result in actions. Something has gone wrong deep within me and gets the better of me every time.

It happens so regularly that it’s predictable. The moment I decide to do good, sin is there to trip me up. I truly delight in God’s commands, but it is pretty obvious that not all of me joins in that delight. Parts of me covertly rebel, and just when I least expect it, they take charge. I’ve tried everything and nothing helps. I’m at the end of my rope. Is there no one who can do anything for me? Isn’t that the real question?

Phil 4, 13  - I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.