How do I fight sin? What if we change the question around - how do I love God more? Which question shall I tackle first? If Christ on the cross is the definitive answer to the question, how do I integrate that concept to the core of my believe system and against a world that cries "foolishness!"?
1 John 7 -9: "But if we walk in the light, as he is the light,we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin. ..If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness."
Lets put the sins on the table. Lets be transparent! Whoa! As Christian leaders restored to God and filled with grace, can we not be "open"? As a community we are suppose to support each other, help the one that moves off the truth by half a degree. Easily said but - why is this not happening?
Sin cuts close to the heart, its shame manifests in a 1000 heresies circulating in our minds. Its like trying to clean a stain from a white shirt. The more I try, the dirtier it gets. This is my natural tendency, my default position and it constitutes the battleground in the war on accepting full grace from God. Rescuing myself (or trying to), hiding, posing, taking the responsibility back on my own shoulders to make things right between God and me, culminates into the ultimate manifestation of my self-centred focus.
Perhaps it is time to re-group, re-consider. Our plans did not work. We were told, taught and educated in the fact that our plans are flawed, nevertheless, we keep trying to fix things ourselves. It is time to re-centre ourselves around the free grace from Jesus. Super spirituality is not required, only the simplicity of three words: "Jesus loves me".
