Many, many folks fight with habitual sin on a daily basis. The defeat they feel typically drives them away from the Lord, leaving them to question God and their faith. For many years I too battled habitual sins and deeply ingrained patterns of sinful thought, questioning my salvation in the process. (And rightly so – see Philippians 2:12-13 and 2 Peter 1:10-11.) Well, as it turns out, defeating sin was actually pretty simple once I discovered how!!
The secret? Refuse to retreat from God in guilt, and instead run to God when you fail. In fact, run to Him when you succeed as well. Heck, just run to Him, period. When you wake up, during the day, in the evening, alone, with family & friends – just run to Him!
There really was nothing magical about eliminating habitual sins from my life. Once I resolved to spend time with God daily, primarily by beginning each day with an hour or so of Bible reading and prayer, I realized He was with me the rest of the day as well, and I could say the desire to think/do sin gradually faded away, or I could say that God reached into my life and removed it. Either way, I now walk closely with Him everyday, my life having been totally transformed. Amen? Amen!
So let today be the day you begin to form a new habit – run to God! They say it takes around 30 days to form a habit, so resolve for 30 days to run to God every morning, and see how your life begins to change!
The song whose lyrics are below inspired this blog. God’s grace to you today and every day!
~ Mike
I Keep On Running (by The Kry)
Been through the fire
Through the pouring rain
A true desire
A Holy flame
From the morning light
To the midnight sun
Not gonna give up
Till the race is won
Chorus:
I keep on running
And i keep on running
Running to You
Some will stand
Some will fall
Down by the way side
Some leave the call
I won’t turn my back
Nor turn away
My eyes on Jesus
’till my dying day
Repeat chorus
When life is over
If i endure
Don’t run for nothing
My hope is sure
If i don’t loose heart
I don’t loose faith
Not gonna slow down!
Till i see His face
Repeat chorus
On and on and on
I keep on running
On and on and on
I keep on running
1 Corinthians 9:24-27
[Originally published: 09 March 2007 at 5:14 am]