“Everything is permissible for me…but I will not be mastered by anything” (1 Cor 6:12)
What are the things that are mastering over us and putting us under the control. We need to pray to God and through His grace and power to gain mastery over them. In other words, we are going to turn the odds or the tables against us.
As we read 1 Cor 6:12-20, Paul tells us that he would not be mastered by anything. But rather he was mastered by none other than the Master Himself.
Could this be our life’s purpose? To have our life mastered by Jesus Christ? A life that is not mastered by the Master himself will be mastered by material things, disappointments, circumstances and the host of it.
Life often has its share of pain and disappointments, ups and down, with a set of circumstances. Although, life may not be rosy, but I believe that as you commit your life unto Him and acknowledge His Lordship and submit unto Him, He will surely grant you strength to master over them.
God can break every shackle, every bondage that binds us, whether is the pull of our carnal nature or that of the devil himself. It is not a change in our external circumstances that we need, but rather it is a change within ourselves. Self-mastery will not achieve this but divine mastery will. Make up your mind to submit to that divine mastery – beginning today.
What are the things that are mastering over us and putting us under the control. We need to pray to God and through His grace and power to gain mastery over them. In other words, we are going to turn the odds or the tables against us.
As we read 1 Cor 6:12-20, Paul tells us that he would not be mastered by anything. But rather he was mastered by none other than the Master Himself.
Could this be our life’s purpose? To have our life mastered by Jesus Christ? A life that is not mastered by the Master himself will be mastered by material things, disappointments, circumstances and the host of it.
Life often has its share of pain and disappointments, ups and down, with a set of circumstances. Although, life may not be rosy, but I believe that as you commit your life unto Him and acknowledge His Lordship and submit unto Him, He will surely grant you strength to master over them.
God can break every shackle, every bondage that binds us, whether is the pull of our carnal nature or that of the devil himself. It is not a change in our external circumstances that we need, but rather it is a change within ourselves. Self-mastery will not achieve this but divine mastery will. Make up your mind to submit to that divine mastery – beginning today.
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