Seed for Aug 18

The number one reason people struggle in living for God is lack of understanding/knowledge. With knowledge comes power and the enemy wants to keep men ignorant of the Knowledge of God. The Catholic faith forbid anyone to read or own the Bible for hundreds of years, and even now discourages the study of His Word, because “only the Priest can understand the Word of God”. (Wow, that sets me free from studying, since I can't understand it anyway.) If we knew the Truth of God, about what He is in us and what we are in Him, it would take all the struggle out of living for God. i.e. The more I try, the more I fail. Then stop trying and suddenly you stop failing. It is not us anyway, but Him in us, both to will and to do of His good pleasure. We do too much thinking and not enough believing on what He has told us in His Word. It is like a man trying to jump over the Grand Canyon. No one has and no one ever will! Men do the same thing, trying to please God in their living for Him. Only one has and only One will please God in His living and His name is Jesus. All the rest have and will fail continuously. The Good News is: It is not me but Him in me. It is not my righteousness but His that I wear. It is not my fight, but His to win. It is not my life, but His life living in me. I can't but He can and will and does!