Delight In God's Law

“For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is my members.”  Romans 7:22-23.  The spiritual man delights in the law of God.  That law provides direction and purpose.  But, the law of sin interferes with that desire.  Life is a struggle between what is right and what is wrong.  “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.”  Ephesians 6:12.  We must choose either to please God or please the devil.  God seeks our good, but the devil seeks our destruction.  God speaks truth while the devil speaks a lie.

In this struggle against evil, God has provided for us the power to overcome.  The writer of the Roman letter understood Christ to be that power.  “I thank God through Jesus Christ, our Lord.”  Romans 7:25.  As we accept Jesus as our Savior by obedience to the gospel, we have access to the power that overcomes sin.  Jesus has battled the devil and has been victorious.  He has defeated Satan and provides us with the ability to overcome.  Jesus died and was raised “that we should bring forth fruit unto God.”  Romans 7:4.

Sin will continue to be our struggle while we live in the flesh.  He, through his various devices, will seek to control, and finally, destroy us.  But, God wills that we overcome.  Let us “delight in the law of God.”  Let us allow that law to serve us so that we might fulfill God’s grand purpose for our lives.  The law of sin can always be controlled by the law of life.