Romans 7:15-25 NKJV

[15] For what I am doing, I do not understand. For what I will to do, that I do not practice; but what I hate, that I do. [16] If, then, I do what I will not to do, I agree with the law that it is good. [17] But now, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me. [18] For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) nothing good dwells; for to will is present with me, but how to perform what is good I do not find. [19] For the good that I will to do, I do not do; but the evil I will not to do, that I practice. [20] Now, if I do what I will not do, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me. [21] I find then a law, that evil is present with me, the one who wills to do good. [22] For I delight in the law of God according to the inward man. [23] But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin, which is in my members. [24] O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? [25] I thank God—through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with the mind, I myself serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin.

We all wrestle with something. At least we do if we are trying to live right. I have trouble with my temper when it comes to slow traffic and ignorant, arrogant people. I say things and act in ways that do not reflect the God I serve. I know better, but I struggle with doing better.

If I have only learned one thing, it is that I can't seem to shake off the very thing that gives me the most problems... my flesh. I believe I am called to hold myself to a higher standard. These addictive tendencies, thoughts, and feelings are as temporary as the body they exist in.

I can't help but believe that these struggles we have are more than just problems and pains in this life. They serve as a constant reminder that we HAVE to live solely and completely dependent on Jesus. I have already failed with whatever I might try to do on my own.