Christian Faith Today | Our Struggle in Faith

Many of us think that life will be clear sailing after they get saved. Instead, they regularly find that life looks to be full of more struggles than previously. We shouldn’t be dismayed because this is the ordinary Christian life. Before we met the Savior, we were drifting downstream, but on salvation, we commenced an excursion thru coarse waters and horrible currents. In the epistle to the Galatians, Paul warned us not to use our newfound liberty in Christ as a reason to revert-instead of drifting back downstream, we must take the yoke of Jesus and learn how to walk in the Spirit. We are climbing new heights toward a particular goal, and climbing means fighting.

We grapple each day with lust, envy, and pride because we reside in a world crammed with such things. At the same time, we are able to learn how to walk by the Spirit and rise above our enticements and enemies.

Yes, it’s troublesome to be in an eternal fight. Many individuals have no stomach for such consistent effort ; when they see the high standard of Jesus’ example, they often drop out of the competition and accept doing the best they can in their own strength. But doing the best we will is precisely what Paul claims will not work – it is just not quite good enough. We will learn to allow him do the best he’ll by totally submitting to Him.