14:17-15:22
- Throughout life, we are faced with choices. Some of our choices are
very important. Some are relatively unimportant. Everything can seem so
complicated. Even the less important decisions appear to be very
difficult. It’s very confusing. You wonder what to do. You don’t know
which way to turn. In all of life’s decisions, there is no more
important choice than this: What will I do- ‘evil in the eyes of the
Lord’ (14:24; 15:9,18) or ‘right in the eyes of the Lord? (15:3). You’re
wondering what to do. You’re looking for guidance. Here’s a prayer you
can pray: ‘Send your light and your truth. Let them guide me’ (Psalm
43:3). Jesus is ‘the Light’ and ‘the Truth’ (John 8:12; 14:6). Keep
looking to Him, asking Him to be your Guide. He will give you wisdom to
know God’s will and strength to do God’s will.
15:23-16:20
- Within every one of us, there is conflict. It is the conflict
between good and evil (15:34,24,28; 16:2). Paul experienced this
conflict: ‘I can will what is right, but I cannot do it. I don’t do the
good I want to do. Instead, I do the evil that I don’t want to do… When I
want to do right, evil lies close at hand’ (Romans 7:18-19,21). What
are we to do when we feel this conflict tearing us apart? We are to confess our sin - ‘Wretched man that I am!’. We are to trust in Christ
- ‘Who will deliver me from this body of death? Thanks be to God
through Jesus Christ our Lord!’ (Romans 7:24-25). While we are in this
earthly body, the conflict rages on. We ‘wait in patience for
deliverance by the Lord’. When He returns, we will ‘rejoice in His
salvation’ (Lamentations 3:26; Isaiah 25:8-9; Hebrews 9:28).
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