"This is the will of God,...your satisfaction" I Thes. 4:3

Today we are going to speak of your death to self and life to God. To die to ones self means you surrender your will in favor of God's. Do you do this? When the answer to that question is no, that means that even if we agree with God that His ways are higher and better than ours, as hard as we try, we cannot pull off putting the Old Man to death. The answer to this question is this: "This is the will of God...your satisfaction." How can this be so if I cannot come over to His side? The answer is that it is not accomplished by your own might. Instead of dying to self, yield to Christ.
Yielding to Christ is better and easier that having a confrontation with the Old Man. Christ has already put the Old Man to death on the Cross. Your access then, is one of yielding and leaving the battle to the Lord.

Daily Prayer: Lord, it is our desire to live in newness of life as you said we could this side of the Cross. Yet getting there has been an overwhelming struggle. Teach us to put down our troubles at the foot of the Cross where they belong. Convince us to give up the battle that you have already fought for us and believe in you for new life. Let us experience the freedom of living in your victory knowing we are no longer in bondage, but have been set free. In Jesus name I pray Amen.