Killing me softly (sin)

In the past, I thought that I was doing “ok” in my life as far as walking with Christ.  I broke a couple of God’s commandments, but justified it by saying that I did not break the “big” ones like murder, ect.  There was a problem with the way that I was thinking however.  The Bible tells us that sin separates us from God. The Bible also says that if we have an “habitual” sin, then Christ is not in us because we cannot have light and darkness in the same place.  Do you have any “acceptable sins” in your life? (gluttony, lust, white lies, ect.) In my life, I had a few of them for years and did not realize it.

The problem with acceptable sin is that it WILL destroy you if you do not remove it from your life.  Does this mean that we need to be perfect?… The Bible says that we cannot be perfect, but we are responsible for living our lives as imitators of Christ.  When we follow Christ example you will find that the sin in your life will no longer have a place to reside permanently!

One of my sins is gluttony (love for food).  My family is from New Orleans (nuff said) and culturally we use food to celebrate, comfort, bring families together, ect.  Now food is not evil, but the place of food in my life was inappropriate.  In the past, when I needed comfort instead of going to God, I went to the fridge.  Over time, this “acceptable sin” would have destroyed my relationship with God, my family, my career and eventually my own life.

As I write this today, I have decided to destroy the root of this sin.  Dieting is not longer a seasonal thing for me… proper nutrition is a lifetime responsibility.  When I am overworked or stressed I am deciding to go to God instead of to the fridge!

Look, it is not easy to admit that there was an issue here in my life.  I made every excuse, I negotiated with myself that I was being unreasonable or taking the Bible out of context.  However, once I was willing to look at the truth it was obvious that this “acceptable sin” must be removed from my life.  I am here to pray for you if you need support and I can refer scripture and materials that deal with these types of sins to help.

Just hit me up via email at james[at]jamesrobertsonjr.com (Substitute [at] for the @ symbol.)