ROMANS 7:25. “I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.” WITH THE MIND. There is this conflict in me that I wish was not there. A part of me that is linked to my senses, namely my physical and mortal flesh that wants to keep me doing what is natural to a sinful nature. How am I supposed to cope with these tensions that I know are not of God? These are so real that they are like a law or rule that I am supposed to submit to. After all, those who are around do those things and think nothing of it.
But since I have been born again there is a new part of me that wants to do what God wants. This is not compatible at all with what my flesh-nature wants. I have a struggle since I have been saved that I didn’t have before. Which part of me, the old part or the new part, am I going to obey? In my own strength I cannot handle the old nature pressures, but through my Savior, Jesus; the Anointed One, Christ; who is now my Lord – I can make the right choices and serve the law of God. The conflict is over – the Word of God wins – the flesh has lost.
“I can understand Father God, what Paul was writing about as the Spirit of God led him through these frustrations. Thanks so much for letting me know the value of the law of God in my life. Too often I allow myself to think in terms of the law of sin and death that is all around me. Today I lift up my eyes above all of that and see the victory the Lord Jesus Christ won and how I am in the good of it permanently. I praise and honor Thee for this acceptance and awareness. I am dead to sin – I am alive to God – and I thank Thee for this and give Thee all the glory. Amen.”