TEXT: EZEKIEL 11:19
As human beings, we are limited in power, wisdom,
strength, and the determination to stay focused. We love to do what is right in
the sight of God, but as much as we love to do what pleases the lord, our flesh
is wagging war against us from doing the will of God.
As much as we are still living in this body of sin, it
will be a real struggle to put our body into subjection. God says without Him
we can do nothing (John 15:5).
In our text, the Almighty God told the Israelites that He
would give them an undivided heart and put a new Spirit in them; He said He
would remove their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh, so that they
would follow His decrees and careful to keep His laws.
God decided to transform Israel from being a rebellious
nation to a nation that will follow God and keep His decrees. Israel was
rebellious despite several warning and punishment from God, yet they refused to
change, then God decided to change their hearts, to give them undivided heart
and put a new Spirit in them.
I believed that the Israelites would not have loved to be
disobedient deliberately and sin against Him. Because they are human beings,
they could not live above sin without the help of God.
God knows our capacity, He knows our frames and what we
are made of (clay) He know that as long as we are still living in our flesh, we
are prone to sin, because the flesh attracts dirty things, that is why He
promise us that if we call on Him; He will save us. You need to call on God to
do His spiritual surgery on you to transform you to a believer that will be
able to live above sin. We need His divine intervention to be able to live
according to His decrees.
Romans 7:15-18 “I do not understand what I do, for what I
want to do I do not do, but what I hate, I do, and if I do what I do not want
to do, I agree that the law is good. As it is, it is no longer I myself who do
it, but it is sin living in me. I know that nothing good lives in me, that is
in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot
carry it out….. Apostle Paul was lamenting about his flesh ruling over his
spiritual man. He said he wanted to do good things but the evil living in his
sinful nature is over ruling the good in him.
This is what is happening to all human beings, we all
desire to do good, but the sinful nature of man does not permit us to do so
always. We should cry to God to transform us to believers that will be able to
live above the body of sin. We should ask God to grant us the grace to
live right always.
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