About how living right can be achieved…
Psalm 45:7 You love righteousness and hate wickedness; therefore God, your
God, has set you above your companions by anointing you with the oil of joy.
(NIV)
Living right is not easy to do. If living right were easy to do, everyone
would be living right. Living right is not easy to do because of the subtle
influence Satan's powers of darkness have upon everyone. If we could actually
see how Satan works to tempt us, undermine us, and destroy us, we could wage war
against him more effectively. But because Satan is so deceptive, so slithering
in his approach, and appears so glamorous and attractive, most people do not
want to live right. Living right can be done. Living right can be achieved. To
live right, you must forcefully turn away from sin. To live right, you must
renounce your doing what is not right. To live right, you must continue each day
to push away the sinful desires and influences that want to destroy you. To
forcefully turn away from sin, the greatest power you have is the power to kneel
at the foot of Christ's cross. When you kneel at the foot of His cross, this act
of humility and love brings His power of love over you and you have strength and
power to resist evil. Kneeling at the foot of the cross brings healing of old
hurts and wounds that sin tries to keep open. Kneeling at the foot of His cross
gives you a daily power to serve only Christ. Kneeling at the foot of His cross
gives you the power to surrender all you are up to Him.
