Kick Sin Off the Throne

 

“In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires.”

—Romans&nb+sp;6:11-12

One of the great blessings of receiving God’s gift of salvation through His precious Son, Jesus, is the fact that the Holy Spirit comes to live in the depths of our being. The Spirit willingly grants us His guidance for all four of our human modalities: emotional, spiritual, intellectual, and physical. We only need to bend our selfish and flawed natural human will to His divine, perfect, and loving will.

By consistently bending our will to God’s will, we place God on the throne of our lives. When he occupies this key place in our lives, there is no room for anything or anyone else to have that special place. Notice what the Apostle Paul wrote in Romans 6:11-12:

In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires.

By yielding to the leading of the Holy Spirit and obediently following God’s will for our lives, we can kick sin off the throne of our lives. We can live in such a way that we will consistently honor God’s love and His Presence in us, through us, with us, and around us.

As we begin another new day, we can rejoice that, with God’s help, we can significantly reduce the sin in our lives. Will we ever be perfectly free from sin while we remain alive on this earth? Sadly, no. But, we can consistently overcome besetting sins by allowing God to give us His strength, courage, and persistence. After all, our obedience to God’s written Word and His will are the one and only thing He asks of us to demonstrate our love for Him.

 

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