Woe is Me If It Wasn't for Thee

Woe is me! For the good I wish to do I cannot do, but the evil I do not want to do, I keep on doing.
Woe is me! For I have not chosen to tear off the sin that so easily entangles when I know that I have been redeemed by the Blood of the Lamb and His Spirit indwells me as His temple.
Woe is me! For I lack in thankfulness to my gracious King.
Woe is me! For I have not kept my eyes on the prize, but have allowed the cares of this world to suffocate me.
Woe is me! For I forgot that I was in a battle.

BUT GOD…

PRAISE BE TO GOD through Jesus Christ our Lord!

There is therefore now NO condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

I gasp at such a reality.
I bow my knees to my King.
Such an awesome reality is hard for me to believe.

How can it be that I should gain an interest in my Savior’s BLOOD?!

If He should mark my iniquities, I would be crushed by the weight of them.

BUT GOD…

He made Him who knew NO sin to BE sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

How can this be?
For I am nothing more than a hard-hearted and arrogant girl who lives in a stained tent of flesh and lives in the midst of a people who dwell in stained tents of flesh.

BUT GOD…

I died and my life IS HIDDEN with Christ in God.

OH! The inexplicable gift given to those who are His elect ones!

I am far from innocent, but He has made me blameless.
I am far from lovely, but He has made me beautiful.
I am far from desirable, but He has chosen to love me.

Oh the deep, deep love of Jesus, vast unmeasured, boundless free pouring as a mighty ocean in its fullness over me. (Hallelujah! What a Savior!!)

“For you died and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who IS OUR LIFE appears, then YOU ALSO will appear WITH HIM in glory. THEREFORE put to DEATH your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. […] THEREFORE as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering, bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do.” (Colossians 3:3-5, 12-13)


“…even as Christ forgave you...” May I never lose the wonder of the cross.

Humble me and purify me, oh Lord, for you know the depths of my wickedness. Allow me to bring glory to your name on this earth and in the heavenly realms. Keep my heart as FLESH and refine me. Continue to conform me to the image of Your Son. Pry me away from myself. Reveal my sin to me so that I may put it to death. Thank You for your loving kindness and Your forgiveness, Lord who is God.

Let us FIGHT knowing that He has already conquered.

“For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.” (Ephesians 6:12-13)

FREEDOM!!!!!! (from sin)