While reading this many key words stood out to me; do, indulge, commit, are, practice. They are all words that say at current time in our lives. We must realize that Jesus has taken these sins away and we are accepted and loved by God. We can’t be dwelling on who we were or what we did, we need to surrender and follow the Spirit of God and let our lives be different because we know Jesus. Pray for the power and pray for strength to be filled and lead by the Spirit and know we are new creations in Christ and don’t have to be involved in what once controlled us.
In verse 11 it says, “Some of you were once like that. But you were made right with God by calling on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.” We call on Jesus and we are led by the Spirit and we continue to fill these powers by belonging to God’s family because we say no to the world and what we desire and yes to what God desires. We must remember that we are loved and accepted and new, working on our fellowship daily.
In verses 19-20 they say, “Don’t you realize that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourself, for God bought you with a high price. So you must honor God with your body.”
We need to focus on God and not get caught up with the “I’s” – I want, I need, I deserve, I desire, I’m owed, and say God deserves my all and it is because of God I know His Son Jesus and I can live forever. Amen