SINNING IS A CHOICE

 SINNING IS A CHOICE

Ps. 19:13 Keep me from deliberate sins! Don’t let them control me. Then I will be free of guilt and innocent of great sin. NLT

Is this your constant prayer? It should be. We do sin, it’s a fact of life we can’t deny or escape from it. We can minimize some of our sinnings by not deliberately doing it. We can stop the process before we act on our desires. We can say no to tempting thoughts and deeds. We don’t have to participate in sinful activities. The Lord gives us His Spirit to empower us so that we can resist Satan’s temptations. We have the Word to ward off Satan’s assaults. We have a great cloud of witnesses who have gone on before us and surround us who have not done what we desire to do. We can control our desires to sin if we draw from the resources of God. We deliberately sin because we want to, not because we have to. We do it because we value the momentary pleasure more and give no regard to the eternal consequences.

When we live in victory over willful sinning, we have peace with God. We are not plagued with the guilt and shame of knowing we have sinned against Him. There is no condemnation for those who live in Christ because they desire to do what pleases Him rather than themselves. They do not want to sin because they know how much it hurts Him. They love Him too much to purposely spurn and spite Him by defying His commandments to live righteously before Him.

Do you love the Lord enough today to pray this prayer? “Keep me from deliberate sins! Don’t let them control me.”? May it be so. May it be so.

“Lord, I pray for all who read this devotional today that they will pray this prayer from their heart. In Jesus’ name. Amen.”