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the answer is Jesus


 

Do you struggle with your decisions?  I often do.  I think many do as well.


Yesterday we talked about the power of our decisions as it applies to being consistent.  I just have be get real and say that I battle so many things, yet turning to God, leaning on God and trusting God changes every thing.


The last two weeks have been tough but have also brought peace in many ways.  I will trust God.  That is a decision I have made in the past that is directing my future.  It is the best decision of all.


I was completing Sunday’s sermon and going over again the passage from Romans 7 that I was relating and connecting the message to.  In this passage we heard Paul say some things that are tough.  Listen in for a minute…


15 I don’t really understand myself... I want to do what is right, but I can’t. 19 I want to do what is good, but I don’t. I don’t want to do what is wrong, but I do it anyway…  25  Thank God!  the answer is Jesus…


That is real.  That is close to home.


I find comfort in the fact that the Apostle Paul, the guy that wrote much of the New Testament, found the same thing about himself.  It was a real battle.  Paul said I don’t understand.  In fact I am a mess up because I do what I hate so often.


I can relate to that.  Can you?  We know that consistency matters, but we find ourselves being inconsistent.  I don’t understand my decisions all the time.  


What I find much comfort in is how Paul finished that passage.  This is strong.  This is what I find with today.


Romans 7:25  NLT  

Thank God! The answer is in Jesus Christ our Lord. So you see how it is: In my mind I really want to obey God’s law, but because of my sinful nature I am a slave to sin.


Read that again!  And have a great day!

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