Once we were also ruled by the selfish desires of our bodies and minds. We had made God angry, and we were going to be punished like everyone else.
It is humbling to realize that my selfish desires of my body and mind continually try to lure me from the Christian faith
Now, intellectually, I know that I am saved by grace, but emotionally, I can feel anxious to prove my worthiness to God.
And during such times I am painfully learning that I can not get out from under the Devil’s authority over my selfish desires by my own efforts…that such efforts will never in the least abate God’s anger towards my sin
And when I let go of this desperate but sinful need to do better, I continue to learn …and rejoice, that my need for Christ’s forgiveness at my time of salvation, continues to be my present need…AND DESIRE as well