CONTROL
Today's reading: Romans 13-14

"But let the Lord Jesus Christ take control of you, and don't think of ways to indulge your evil desires." Romans 13:14 NLT

One of my favorite children's Bible talks includes the words, 'God could have created us like robots, wired to obey, love and serve Him. But He didn't. He loved us too much to do that.'

It's true. He gives us a free will to love Him.

But let's be honest, some days, it would behoove us to be hard-wired instead of in control of ourselves!

Because we don't always even want to do what's right.

We don't want to follow the rules, even when we know for a fact they are what's best for us.

We don't like turning the other cheek, going the extra mile or taking up our cross.

And yet it's what He asks us to do.

It's what He enables us to do.

It's what makes the world around us know we are His!