Some time ago, I shared with someone that I had a season of life where I backslid back in early 2021. I went back to smoking, drinking, sex outside of marriage. Admitting that Jesus just didn’t seem like enough. I was hurt. After sharing with this person, their response was, “I could never”. What’s funny about “I could never” is, I thought “I could never” too. I thought my faith could never be shaken as well. I thought I was strong enough to resist any temptation and overcome through Christ. I knew intellectually that “the Spirit was willing, but the flesh was weak”. But I didn’t fully grasp it until it came true in life. I realize now 4 years later in all transparency, is I could fall, I could compromise, I could fall right back into the same old sins that God has delivered me from.. IF I’m depending on my own strength to do so! If that is the case, then I will fall into it every time. I truly know now that it is ONLY through Jesus that any of us could overcome anything. I am weak, and I boast in the weakness, because in the weakness, Jesus’s strength is truly made perfect in me🙏🏾
Brotha O
Some time ago, I shared with someone that I had a season of life where I backslid back in early 2021. I went back to smoking, drinking, sex outside of marriage. Admitting that Jesus just didn’t seem like enough. I was hurt. After sharing with this person, their response was, “I could never”. What’s funny about “I could never” is, I thought “I could never” too. I thought my faith could never be shaken as well. I thought I was strong enough to resist any temptation and overcome through Christ. I knew intellectually that “the Spirit was willing, but the flesh was weak”. But I didn’t fully grasp it until it came true in life. I realize now 4 years later in all transparency, is I could fall, I could compromise, I could fall right back into the same old sins that God has delivered me from.. IF I’m depending on my own strength to do so! If that is the case, then I will fall into it every time. I truly know now that it is ONLY through Jesus that any of us could overcome anything. I am weak, and I boast in the weakness, because in the weakness, Jesus’s strength is truly made perfect in me🙏🏾
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