A Good Word!

Folks, today, Romans 7:14–25 caught my attention:

14 We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin. 15 I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. 16 And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. 17 As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me. 18 I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature. ^[a] For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. 19 For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing. 20 Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.

At one time or another, we all have faced this situation: we know what’s right, we want to do what’s right, but still do what’s wrong. Jesus breaks the causal chain of sin. His grace gives us the strength of will and of character to know the good, to choose the good, and to the good.

Knowing what’s good – the law, the “Torah”, the Ten Commandments tell us what’s good and that’s a great first step. But the knowledge alone of what’s good is not enough to break our patterns of sin. That’s why Jesus accomplishes in us the exact observance of the commandments, elevating through His life, death, and resurrection, all our good works to the supernatural order.

If you feel you can’t break away from your habitual sinful behaviors, surrender yourself to Jesus. He will break your chains, He will free you, He will make you whole.