Should I be Good or should I be Bad



March 16-17
My husband and I were lunching with a dear friend last week and as our eyes panned the menu our friend uttered, "Should I be good or should I be bad?  I'd really like a good juicy burger."
What an honest statement revealing the choices we are faced with everyday.
Take just our senses which are related to our heads...
Am I going to taste something I know isn't good for me?
Am I going to use my tongue to talk about something or someone which isn't edifying ?
Are my eyes going to look in a direction I know isn't pleasing to the Lord?
Will I allow my ears to listen to unpleasantries or that which leads to temptation?

Isn't it grand how God prepared in advance the teachings on all the topics we would be faced with.
Romans Chapter 7: 19-25 addresses this issue of doing what we know we should not.



I decide to do good, but I don’t really do it; I decide not to do bad, but then I do it anyway. My decisions, such as they are, don’t result in actions. Something has gone wrong deep within me and gets the better of me every time.  It happens so regularly that it’s predictable. The moment I decide to do good, sin is there to trip me up. I truly delight in God’s commands, but it’s pretty obvious that not all of me joins in that delight. Parts of me covertly rebel, and just when I least expect it, they take charge.  I’ve tried everything and nothing helps. I’m at the end of my rope. Is there no one who can do anything for me? Isn’t that the real question? The answer, thank God, is that Jesus Christ can and does. He acted to set things right in this life of contradictions where I want to serve God with all my heart and mind, but am pulled by the influence of sin to do something totally different.

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