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Beats From Your Pastor’s Heart
Romans 7:24, “O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?”
Paul is in the realm of trying to conquer a problem in his life, the one thing that always defeats him.
If it were not for this one thing, he would feel that he is okay.
But this one thing makes him feel hopeless about himself.
This describes Paul struggling in the wrong realm.
This struggling happens especially in those who know the law, in those who have knowledge about proper and improper reactions.
You may know something, but what is crucial is the source you come from with that knowledge.
In Romans 7:24 Paul cries, “O wretched man that I am!”
Just look at “I am” and then look at the first word of the next phrase, “Who.”
You have two persons here.
“Wretched man that I am” means that I have exhausted expecting anything from myself, looking to myself, working on myself.
This is wonderful.
Then Paul steps out of his self-effort and says, “Who will deliver me from this body of death?”
He has transferred from one realm to another.
His words show us his realization of the need for Another Person.
Finally, Paul says, “I thank God–through Jesus Christ our Lord!” (v. 25).
Here he has absolutely shifted, not in his experience, but in his sight.
Sight comes before experience.
Look!
Let God reveal it to you.
Before you have “a track record,” before you do anything, before your experience–do not even count experience–just see that God put you in Christ Jesus (1 Cor. 1:30) and say “Thank You.”
That is vision.
That is revelation.
Then what issues out of this is living in the proper realm: “I thank God through Jesus Christ.”
Until Tomorrow
With A Shepherd’s Love,
Pastor Jackson
WEDNESDAY’S PRAYER REQUESTS
PAT CHUPP – Major heart surgery on Friday
Lynn Garner
Robbie Edwards – Pacemaker
Amy Garner
Amy Garner’s Mom & Dad
Andrew Halevi & Daughter
Ashely Burn’s Sisters
Brandon’s Dad
Coly/Connor – Allison’s G’sons
Dan Haines
Darlene Wiggins
David Burnette
David Harrison – Riverside
Deanna Fowler
Denise Hulsey – Jordan’s G’mother
Donnie Butler’s Dad
Doris Loyd
Dr. and Mrs. Davis
Easton Fielder
Ed Mays
Eric Ward
Erik Magnusson
Freddie May’s Mom
George & Linda Alexander
Heather May
James Burnette
James Garner’s Friend
Janie Roberts
Jillian Gray
Joanie & Jeanie
Joanie/Jeanie Mom
Jodi Bateman
John Austin
John McClain
June Cronan
June Cronan’s Sister
Kailey Bateman
Kathy Mabe
Kim McClain’s Mother
Krista Hilscher – Improving
Larry Barker
Lee Cronan – Success
Lillanna Magnusson’s Mom
Linda Breedlove’s Sister – Sarah
Linda Hodges’ Sister
Lonzo Christin
Lori Blount’s Mother
Marlon Cook
Mary Sims
Marynell Ford
Maureen Brown
Michael Stanley
Nancy Proudfit – Home
Pastor & Mrs. Driskell
Richard Blount – Doing Well
Ricky Gipson
Ricky Stubbs
Rose Fuller – Rehab
Roseleigh Osborn
Sandra Graham
Scott Lanier
Soso Nzolo – 17 Yr. Old South African Pastor’s Daughter
Susan & Alexis Tesone
Tom Witcher