Please read Romans 7.
Meditate on verses 24-25a
Wretched man that I am!
Who will set me free from the
body of this death?
Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord!
In Romans 6, Paul commanded you to consider yourself dead to
sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus. He
exhorted you to not let sin reign in your mortal body and to not go on
presenting the members of your body to sin but to present yourself as an
instrument of righteousness to God. In
chapter 7, Paul illustrated the only way you can keep those commands. Paul used
the pronouns “I,” “me,” and “my” nearly 50 times in Romans 7. They are used in the context of frustration
and apparent defeat in Paul’s battle with sin.
“My flesh;” “I practice the very evil;” “sin dwells
in me;” “wretched man that I am!”
If you are united with Christ, then “I,” “me,” and “my”
should no longer be your focus. And if
you are the focus of your life, then Romans 7 probably describes you. Like Paul, you must come to the end of
yourself and realize it is ALL about Jesus Christ your Lord. The struggle with sin is born out of
selfishness. Paul realized he could not conquer
sin in his life. Jesus Christ was the
ONLY One who ever conquered sin. Let Him
conquer yours today.
Pray Romans 7:24-25 over yourself and those for whom you are
standing guard as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).
“LORD, ____________
and I are wretched people apart from You.
Only You can set us
free from this body of death.
Thank You, God,
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
we can be free from
sin!”
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