Life is a constant battle between right and wrong or between the flesh and the spirit. I have often found myself trying to do right but end up doing wrong, to which I repent quickly.
It reminds me of when Paul said in Romans 7:15-20, “I don’t understand myself, for I want to do what is right, but I don’t do it. Instead, I do what I hate. But if I know that what I am doing is wrong, this shows that I agree that the law is good. So I am not the one doing wrong; it is sin living in me that does it.
And I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. I want to do what is right, but I can’t. I want to do what is good, but I don’t. I don’t want to do what is wrong, but I do it anyway. But if I do what I don’t want to do, I am not the one doing wrong; it is sin living in me that does it.”
It, therefore, illustrates the importance of daily feeding our spirit with the word of God so we will be able to conquer our fleshly desires.
Scripture text: Galatians 5:16-26