THE BATTLE OF OUR LIVES

THE BATTLE OF OUR LIVES Each and everyone of us Are in a battle The battle for our Very lives The battle between Flesh and the SPIRIT “For I take delight In the law of God IN MY INNER SELF But I see in my members Another principle at war With the law of my mind Taking me captive To the law of sin That dwells in my members Miserable one That I am! Who will deliver me From this mortal body?” Romans 7:22-24 ONLY God Can deliver us Through the Holy Spirit Paul describes For the Romans The sins of the flesh And within each one of us That BATTLE is taking place “Teach me To do your WILL For you are my God May your good Spirit Lead me on level ground” Psalm 143:10 Jesus said to Peter, “Watch and PRAY That you will not fall Into temptation The spirit is willing But the flesh is weak” Matthew 26:41 And that's the way it is In today's world too But God won't fail us And Jesus won't fail us IF we stay connected to them We won't succumb to temptation And while we struggle With gluttonous temptations Sexual lusts And violent rages There is a more subtle kind of temptation That tries to bring us down The persistent anxiety and doubt That ERODES our trust in God And drives us to seek COMFORT- Anywhere but in God WE NEED to find our strength And PEACE in God By staying connected to the ONE Who stands above everything else Our God and Lord and Savior Jesus “The Lord Gives strength to his people The Lord BLESSES his people With PEACE” Psalm 29:11 “A HEART AT PEACE Gives LIFE to the body But envy rots the bones” Proverbs 14:30 There is so much betrayal In this world What I like to call Little acts of treason But we YEARN For spiritual maturity For CLOSENESS WITH God We yearn for PEACE And we can find it By winning the battle GOING ON within ourselves BY staying close to God and Jesus And winning the battle For our very lives Robert P. Wallman 10-23-15 Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Jessica Mesman Griffith