Romans 7:21 So I find this law at work: Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me. 22 For in my inner being I delight in God’s law; 23 but I see another law at work in me, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within me. 24 What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death? 25 Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord
Temptation is literally everywhere around me. Just when I thought that I had control of my issue and just when I thought that things were good, life would take its toll, and I would instantaneously be back at square one. I make it my business to surround myself with positive people hoping that my character will yield to the true desires of my heart (which is to please God), but every now and then something from my past will come forth to remind me of my struggle, and as hard as I try to do the right thing, my flesh jumps at the opportunity to do wrong. I consistently tell myself that this will be the last time, it won't happen again. I'll know what not to do next time; what environments to avoid. But the truth is, right now, I'm a mess. It literally feels as if something comes over me that makes me forget my purpose and why those things corrupt my character. It makes me forget that even when others can't see me, God is watching, and so I must be honest, take responsibility, and actively work to do better and be better.
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