Sunday, May 07, 2017

No Try

Remember Star Wars from years back and that wise old man Yoda who knew everything... He said, "Do or do not, there is no try."

And that is so true with our Christian walk. Most of us spent years trying to walk the right walk in this earthly body. But as we walk in the flesh it takes a lot of trying to even come close.

Romans 6:13 NLT
Do not let any part of your body become an instrument of evil to serve sin. Instead, give yourselves completely to God, for you were dead, but now you have new life. So use your whole body as an instrument to do what is right for the glory of God.

That person we used to be is dead. And yet we resurrect that person every day as we walk out in the flesh trying to do the right thing. Trying to be the good Christian person we know we should be.  But in the flesh it is an impossible task.                      

Even Paul the apostle couldn't do it. He tells us that try as he might he still does the wrong thing. He knows what's right. But he doesn't always do it.

When we asked Jesus in,  in an instant we became a new person, an alien to this world and yet we still have these old bodies.

We need to stop being who we were and accept the new person that we are. As we walk in the spirit we have no desire to do the things that we used to do or be who we used to be. When confronted with the same temptations our flesh wants to jump right in and yet when we do, it just doesn't feel right anymore.

As born again believers we have a better way. So like Yoda said there is no try. So just stop trying to be that good person. We need to just accept that we are there already. Stop and just be who we became that day when we accepted Jesus. That is the day we became born-again and that is the day the old person died.

John 15:5 KJV
I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. 

So like Yoda said there is no try, just do. So stop trying to do the impossible in the flesh and walk as who you are because of what Christ did on the cross. He abides in you and you abide in Him. Practice His presence and be who He made you to be.

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