Sometimes I Write

“The corrupting clutch of worldliness will not be shaken off easily. It is a fight to the death, for sin holds us in our own grasp. The irony of sin is that Satan’s only real hope to control my life is ME. We often labor under the misguided notion that Satan wants us to do HIS will. Satan has no will in our lives. He only wants us to do OUR will. We have met the enemy, and he is us.”
(read in an e-newsletter I accidentally deleted before saving the Title of the book or the author’s name – oops)

I read this after breakfast this morning and I’m still chewing on it. I’m trying to decide if I agree or not. Does Satan have a will in my life? Or does he want me to do my own will? What if our will truly is to do the will of God? Wouldn’t that make our will a good thing? Is the author talking about our tendencies toward our sinful nature? Isn’t it our will that decides to faithfully follow Christ? He offers the gift of Salvation and we decide whether or not to accept it? I’m reminded of the CD EXODUS that I listened to in the hospital when I had my three babies. It was very soothing to me. DC Talk has a song on that CD called “My Will”:

I’m setting the stage for the things I love
And I’m now the man I once couldn’t be
Nothing on earth could now ever move me
I now have the will and the strength a man needs

*Chorus
It’s my will, I’m not moving
Cause if it’s your will, then nothing can shake me
It’s my will to bow and praise you
I now have the will to praise my God

Complexity haunts me, for I am two men
entrenched in a battle that I’ll never win
My discipline fails me, my knowledge it fools me
But you are the shelter, all the strength that I need.

Repeat Chorus

I’m learning to give up the rights to myself
the bits and the pieces I’ve gathered as wealth
could never compare to the joy that you bring me
the peace that you show me is the strength that I need

Repeat Chorus

We’ve got to be the children of Peace

WILL is such an interesting thing…the very word means WE DECIDE. Think about it. A Last Will and Testament states what the owner of the Will decided to do with their possessions. When we say I WILL do this or that, it means we have decided to commit to that thing. WILL is amazing. Sometimes it’s a gift, sometimes a curse…it depends on what we do with it.