So I was listening to a song the other day and the chorus said: "If you want me, satisfy me." I thought, how often do we say that as Christians. "God, if you want me, then allow me to have a good day and bless me." What is that! It makes me sick, not because others do it, but because I know that I myself am guilty of having said this. I have been feeling the pressure of the weight of my sin lately and it has brought me sadness. I was reminded of this verse.
"For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin because anyone who has died has been freed from sin." Romans 6:6-7
Why is it, then, that it seems that I am held captived to my sin so often.
"I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but
what I hate I do." Romans 7:15
The devil is preaching
The song of the redeemed
That I am cursed and gone astray
I cannot gain salvation
Embracing accusation
Could the father of lies
Be telling the truth
Of God to me tonight?
If the penalty of sin is death
Then death is mine
I hear him saying cursed are the ones
Who can’t abide
He’s right
Alleluia he’s right!
Oh the devil’s singing over me
An age old song
That I am cursed and gone astray
Singing the first verse so conveniently
He’s forgotten the refrain
Jesus saves!
~Shane and Shane "Embracing Accusation"
May I embrace my accusation and rest in the fact that my Jesus saves.
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