Inner War

Romans 7:21-25 — So I find this law at work: Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me. For in my inner being I delight in God’s law; but I see another law at work in me, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within me. What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death? Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord!

How quickly

can the ways of my

old self

return to me.

Like a volcano

laid dormant and quiet

yet

at any moment

able to erupt,

so too

does my old self

wait for me to backslide -

to return to old habits

and sinful ways.

Every day, O Lord,

I must arise

and give thanks,

put to death

the old self,

pray for a renewed portion

of Your Spirit

that I may be aligned

with You,

tethered

to You,

led

by You

with each passing moment.

Amen.