Faithful Obedience

We often struggle with certain sins that tend to defeat us more than others. Dr. Gary Thomas in his book, Authentic Faith, makes a great statement about how obedience to God will weaken and eventually break that sin, of course through the power of the Holy Spirit.

“Faithful obedience, over time, weakens temptation’s allure.  As we begin to find new ways to deal with stress or insecurity or other ‘sin triggers’ in our lives, we literally learn to live without the sin, which often has served as a crutch.  One act of obedience doesn’t put a sin to death.  The fact is, we will have to choose obedience time after time until the sin loses its strong allure.  An even after that, occasional lapses are not uncommon, but the force and general direction of our lives will have changed.”