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The Daily Word of Righteousness
The Warrior's Prayer, #28
For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me (verse twenty-two).
Notice the statement of David concerning his righteous behavior. There is no boasting here. David is declaring his intention to please the Lord. He is putting himself on the Lord's side. Every time a saint takes this stand, makes this determination, he inspires others to do the same. We ought to have more such testimonies in the Christian churches.
In many instances, the believers of today are waiting for the Lord to sanctify them, to do the whole work Himself. Because of the deliverance ministries the Lord has given in our time, some of the believers are attempting to gain holiness without any effort on their part. They want to come forward and have the minister cast out their evil nature.
Deliverance ministries occupy an important place in the Body of Christ. But one of the essential factors of the victorious Christian life is the will of the believer. We must choose to serve the Lord. We must set ourselves to do the Lord's will. We must use every bit of strength that God gives us to resist the devil and to serve God patiently.
We are to put on the Lord Jesus Christ. We are to make no provision for our flesh to fulfill its lusts. We are to make up our own mind to do what is right in the Kingdom of God. The deliverance minister cannot accomplish this part of sanctification for us.
The key to sanctification, to obeying the judgments and statues of the Lord, is presented in the sixth chapter of the Book of Romans. We are to refuse to allow sin to reign in our body. We are to yield the members of our body only as instruments of righteousness unto God.
Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. (Romans 6:12,13)
The unsaved cannot choose to serve righteousness because they are bound in sin. We Christians can resist sin and obey righteousness because we have been born again; because the Holy Spirit of God is dwelling in us and gives the power and wisdom that we need in order to achieve victory over sin.
It is in the struggle against sin that the ruling personality is created in us.
To be continued.