I want to caveat up front that as a fellow sinner, I fall short in my own battle against sin more often than I wish.  This is not meant to be a discouragement in our failings, but an encouragement to strengthen your resolve in repentance (turning from) from your sin, and an encouragement that this ongoing battle is evidence of God at work in you, thereby giving you assurance of your salvation.

An important question to ask yourself is “what sin am I aware of in my life”?  The follow-up question is – “do I really want to rid myself of this sin – does my love for God exceed my love for this sin?”  The latter question is often tougher if we’re honest with ourselves, and our actions often are better evidence of our heart than what we can convince ourselves of in our mind.  God doesn’t think sin is funny or ok – He died for it.  God says this is how we should approach our sin in Mark 9:43-48:

“⁴³ And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than with two hands to go to hell, to the unquenchable fire. ⁴⁵ And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame than with two feet to be thrown into hell. ⁴⁷ And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into hell, ⁴⁸‘where their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched.'”

Now before anyone does anything dumb and mutilates yourself, this is not literal…  I don’t want to see any one-handed pictures sent to me.  I do want you all to take today to ask yourself honestly – what sin have I been harboring that I need to seek the Lord with?  Ask God to make your delight in Him be all fulfilling, such that no temptation would sway you from Him.  Scripture verse for the day:

2 Corinthians 13:5 – “⁵Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you fail to meet the test!”

Grace and Peace,
Adam