Power To Do Right
Monday, September 21st, 2009If I do what is contrary to
my desire, I agree with
the Law that it is good.
However, it is no longer
I who do it, but sin
that dwells in me.
For I know that nothing
good dwells in me.
I can will what is right,
but have no power to
carry it out.
For I fail to do the good
that I desire to do.
On the other hand,
I wind up doing what
I do not want to do.
Now if I do what I do not
desire to do, it is no longer
I who do it, but sin that dwells
in me.
Consider this:
1) The inertia that is caused
by human nature.
2) Human nature likes to
take the path of least resistance.
3) Human nature causes failure.
We need God’s Holy Spirit to do right.