Opening Prayer: Thank you, Lord Jesus, that when we were utterly powerless in our sin and struggle, you died for the ungodly. Help us to live in that power today, and not in our own.
Scripture: Romans 5:6-8
Journal: What does God want to say to you through his word today? How are you experiencing powerlessness and helplessness in your struggle against sin? What does it look like to surrender and submit to Jesus?
Reflection: “You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” (Romans 5:6-8)
When will we ever get it through our heads
that apart from Jesus we are utterly powerless?
We keep trying to do it on our own, but we just keep “missing the mark”
(the definition of the Greek word for sin).
And we will continue to miss the mark until we surrender our
attempts to do it ourselves and submit to the power of Jesus to claim the
victory for us that we can never achieve for ourselves. We can’t, but he can. Lord Jesus, have mercy on us!
Pray
Closing Prayer: Lord Jesus, maybe I keep failing because I keep trying to do it on my own. I am powerless to do anything but miss the mark apart from you. Lord Jesus, have mercy on me!
