Several
years ago, I was praying for our Father to provide another car. My transmission was going out and I needed
another car for all of my ministry travels.
After speaking to a Sunday School class, someone called me who had been
there and said, “I think God wants me to give you my car.” I replied, “I think He does too!”
When I
picked up the car and was driving home, I noticed an envelope in the arm
rest. When I opened it, to my surprise
there was $500 to pay for my tag and taxes!
I had been given so much more than I realized when this man gave me his
car.
The Gospel
is that way, too. When we received
Christ, we got so much more than we may realize even now. One of those blessings is that we died with
Christ so dramatically that sin is no longer our master. Romans 6:7 says, “For when we died with Christ we were set free
from the power of sin.”
NLT Sin here does not refer to “sinning” but to a power that once ruled over us
before our death with Christ.
Why does
this matter? First, the tempting
thoughts you have cannot originate with you.
They will sound like you with personal pronouns such as I, me, my, mine
but they aren’t from you.
Second, you
now have a choice. You can either obey
the thoughts Sin inserts in your mind, or you can obey your new Master, Jesus Christ
in you.
The next
time you are tempted, remind yourself that Sin is not your boss! Jesus in you
is! Listen to Him!
Live Free In Christ,
Mark Maulding, President and Founder
www.GraceLifeInternational.com
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