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




8-13-2019