Several times I’m caught up in this same scenario, I against myself. A never ending battle between “present me” and “old me”. A struggle which I know I’m not the only one experiencing. Can they compromise? I dont think so. It’s either you say yes to one and no to one, but never yes to both.
Then why is it so hard to deal with them? I think its not only because they are totally OPPOSITE with each other, but because the other SEEMS to offer something good, which I’m often deceived of. Then why not choose only one and forgets the other? Oh, if it is that easy I have done that long time ago. Choosing between the two is very easy to do, but the will to do what you choose is the hardest part. You may choose the “right one” but end up doing the other one.
A personal battle like this needs a weapon. A weapon that is sharper than any double-edge sword and can penetrate even to the dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrows, and which can judge the thoughts and attitudes of the heart (Heb. 4:12). This weapon, I know, will help me to stand firm to the “right one” and not give in to the ” other one”.
“Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.“ - 2 Cor. 4:16
