“Confronting My Weakness”
“The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery…I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.”
Cordero writes:
The flesh is weak. Those few words have impacted me so much.
I am a teenage boy always trying to live as a strong man of God. I accepted Jesus Christ as our savior and the son of God many years ago, but the devil has placed major sins in my life, one of them being pornogrpahy.
Struggling with this for at least two years now, I’m beginning to understand how the devil works. He pulls the flesh in through a simple image. This sparks the flesh to search for more. Once the devil has the flesh far enough over the will, he brings in disgust. There is a point where the flesh becomes less sexually appealed, and begins to be self-abusive. Guilt. Disgust. Embarressment. All works of the devil.
How are we to overcome this? KNOW, that the flesh is weak. Though we may stumble, we are children of God. What more to life do we need? There is no need for guilt. We are so blessed with this.
These terrible images and pornography are not who we are. This is the flesh. We are men and women of God. We could have nothing, but have everything. The devil can try, and try, and try, but he will not obtain us. God is stronger and so are we. Praise the Lord for He is life.
The devil targets those he know will be great in God and will do whatever it takes to bring us down, but the knowledge that I am a child of God brings me peace in knowing that the devil will never obtain me and I will forever be directed by God. May our spirits succeed in Him. Amen.
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Please note that the views expressed in this story are not necessarily the views of the American Bible Society. Story posted on February 2nd, 2009 and filed under Bible, Hope, Your Stories, Prayer, Overcoming sin, Struggles, Life Verse.
