I am weak but He is strong

Yesterday was not a good day. I was in New York for a meeting and got up early in my hotel room and spent one and one half hours writing Words for the Day. When I tried to send it, the blasted thing lost its connection and all of my work was gone. I was late for a meeting and could not spend anymore time on it. I guess my WFTD backup person forgot to send it too, (If I do not send one by 10:00 he is supposed to choose an old one and send it out in my absence), and that is why it did not go out yesterday. Another frustration

After my meeting I went to the airport and a comedy of unfunny events transpired. I will spare you the ugly details of inept travel and airline employees and the rigors of air travel in the 2000’s, but suffice it to say I did not arrive home until 1:30 A.M. exhausted and stressed out. There was worse stuff that transpired yesterday aside from travel, but why rehash it? Everyone has days like this. I told someone standing in one of the never-ending lines that getting mad over the situation was similar to getting mad because it rains. It will rain regardless of whether or not we get mad and it will not stop raining until it gets good and ready, so we might as well just save our energy. It is profound and great to say something like this, but impossible to pull it off.

I have to admit that when I lost that WFTD I let out an oath. It bothers me to no end that I would write a daily spiritual devotional and then when I had a problem with it I would literally curse the software, the Internet, and myself for not composing it in Word and transferring it to a fragile web application. I also cursed several other frustrations that day. Am I a Christian or what?

Yes but after all is said and done, I am still just a sinner. I told someone the other day that Christians still sin, but their sins are forgiven and that is the main difference between a Christian and a non-Christian. I also know that any Christian has remorse when they sin and as in my case, I regret the fact that I have, (yet again), let the Lord down when I do. It is a spiritual war going on within us. The flesh rages against Christ and sometimes we do what we know we ought not to do and really do not want to do, but we just get overtaken by it all. I do not feel like I am some lone wolf here as even Paul experienced these frustrations.

It is just another of many proofs that we cannot get along without God’s daily’ help in this world full of temptations and frustrations. This is also a prime example of why we cannot get to heaven on our own merit. The requirement is perfection as God cannot tolerate ANY sin, and that is impossible for anyone other than Jesus Christ. Jesus is the only One whoever lived that went His entire life completely devoid of any sin and this in light of being tempted by satan with everything the world had to offer at a time when He was tired, weak from hunger and thirst, and most susceptible. We must go to Him in prayer and ask for strength when we get in a sin situation. We must draw upon His’ strength and not our own to resist; however we must do our part to maintain some self-control.

Yes I could have done better had I tried a little harder. I am comforted that Jesus understands how stupid I can be sometimes and that He forgives my stupidity and weaknesses

Hebrews 4:15
For we do not have a High Priest
who cannot sympathize with our
weaknesses, but was in all points
tempted as we are, yet without sin.
Let us come boldly to
the throne of grace, that we may
obtain mercy and find grace to help in
time of need.