Judges 2:2-3 2b". . .and you shall not make a convenant with the people of the land, but you shall break down their altars. 'Yet you have disobeyed me. Why have you done this? 3And I have also said, 'I will not drive them out before you; they will become traps for you, and their gods will become snares for you.'"
Blackaby gets to the heart of Christians' battle with sin in his comments on today's verse. "Drive them out." God does not instruct Christians to make truces with our sinful behaviors. He does not command us to "most of the time" refrain from sin. But we are to abolish, destroy, obliterate the strongholds of sin in our lives.
No matter how intentional we are about driving sin from our lives, there will still be times we fall, but the attitude of destruction of sin in our lives will go a long way to strengthening our resolve to live a life that is pleasing to God.
So many times my prayers in the area of sin are a mealy-mouthed, milk-toast plea from a scared little rabbit of a man. "Oh please. . ." "I am so helpless. . ." "Sin is so overpowering. . ." I firmly believe that the ability to resist temptation comes only from the power of the Holy Spirit in our lives and that God must be approached with humility and reverence, but in this particular area, we can, and should, approach the Throne with the confidence and boldness of adopted children of God.
When faced with temptation, let's be one of The Avengers, not a Cabbage Patch Kid. We should be concrete, not marshmallows. Let's start breaking and smashing sin in our lives. Not hiding in fear from the temptations that assault us on a daily basis. The Creator of the universe promises us victory from sin. Let's rejoice in this promise and use it as a battering ram.
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