JUST SAYING

It is usually easy to say this is what to do.  It is hard to do it.

It is usually easy to know what to do.  It is hard to do it.

It is not unusual to want to do what should be done.  It is still hard to do it.

Many times the head knowledge and heart knowledge do not connect making it hard to do the right thing.

Just saying, as they say now days.

Do you ever find yourself in any of these situations?  I have been there a lot lately. We are not alone. In the Bible, the apostle Paul found himself in the same situation.

Romans 7:21-25 New Living Translation (NLT) 

²¹ I have discovered this principle of life—that when I want to do what is right, I inevitably do what is wrong. ²² I love God’s law with all my heart. ²³ But there is another power^[e] within me that is at war with my mind. This power makes me a slave to the sin that is still within me. ²⁴ Oh, what a miserable person I am! Who will free me from this life that is dominated by sin and death? ²⁵ 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.

Just because we have become a child of God does not mean that we will always make the right choices.  Our sinful nature stays with us untill we leave this earth.

The head knowledge tells us to do it our way but the heart knowledge tells us to do it God’s way.

The key is to be Christ centered not self-centered; to give God control of our thoughts, attitudes and actions.

One thing I know in my heart tonight is that we have to let go of the past and forgive others as God has forgiven us. They don’t have to ask for our forgiveness.  They don’t even have to make things right but we have to forgive as God has forgiven us.

Ephesians 4:32 New Living Translation (NLT)

³² Instead, be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you.

It is a command from God’s Word, not an option.  Just saying!