July 06, 2020; "Create In Me a Pure Heart, O God; Renew A Steadfast Spirit Within Me" (Psalm 51:10)

Palm 51:10 above, is the cry of every Christian's heart that struggles with sin with in their life. It was mine for many years as I struggled with constant overwhelming sexual desires and sin in my life as a single man. I couldn't get control of those desires, as long as I was trying to control them myself.

It wasn't until I came to full and absolute to my Lord that He showed me that I would never be able to control those desires with my own efforts. It was through my surrender that He gave me the power through the Holy Spirit to create in me a pure heart. It was dying to myself daily, giving up of my "self-will" to Him that I began to see the power of God working through me. "All of Him, none of me".

Now, am I saying that I don't sin anymore? By no means! I still sin, but I don't struggle with any particular sin in my life. When I do sin, or catch myself doing something wrong in God's eyes, I pray and ask God to show me what "room" in my life that I took back away from Him, and then I surrender that room back to Him and find the rest again in Him.

What really works for me, is that I constantly remember that I am a "wretched sinner" and always will be. Yes, I am forgiven and have salvation by God's grace, but still a sinner.

Praise God for His forever loving "grace" in our lives!!!