Being a role model can and is really tough. I'm selfish and distracted. Face it, not everything in the world is good for you or good to do. There are attitudes to adjust, uh, big time. Things can get down right scary. Being a role model is an all consuming, 24/7 job, and frankly, lots of time, I just stink at it. Period. I want a vacation from being an example. I want the guilt that I feel when I stink at this job to go bye bye. Don't you? There is a Scripture in Romans that really sums up my problem and my attitude. It was inspired by the Holy Spirit and written by the apostle Paul. I'm so lazy right now that I'm going over to Bible Gateway and copy/paste it. Here goes:
Romans 7:15-25 New International Version (NIV)
15 I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. 16 And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. 17 As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me. 18 For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature.[a] For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. 19 For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing. 20 Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.
21 So I find this law at work: Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me. 22 For in my inner being I delight in God’s law; 23 but I see another law at work in me, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within me. 24 What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death? 25 Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord!
So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God’s law, but in my sinful nature[b] a slave to the law of sin.
Isn't this right on the spot? But did you catch it at the end of this miserable state Paul (and us) find ourselves? The hope- Verse 24-25 "What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death? Thanks be to God, Who delivers me through Jesus Christ, our Lord!" My Role Model is Jesus, and my Rescuer is Jesus. My Deliverer is Jesus. I stink as a role model. But my Role Model, well, He has that covered too. So, one of the best things I can role model for others is keeping my faith and eyes on the Role Model, Jesus Christ. Have a great week.
Romans 7:15-25 New International Version (NIV)
15 I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. 16 And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. 17 As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me. 18 For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature.[a] For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. 19 For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing. 20 Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.
21 So I find this law at work: Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me. 22 For in my inner being I delight in God’s law; 23 but I see another law at work in me, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within me. 24 What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death? 25 Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord!
So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God’s law, but in my sinful nature[b] a slave to the law of sin.
Isn't this right on the spot? But did you catch it at the end of this miserable state Paul (and us) find ourselves? The hope- Verse 24-25 "What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death? Thanks be to God, Who delivers me through Jesus Christ, our Lord!" My Role Model is Jesus, and my Rescuer is Jesus. My Deliverer is Jesus. I stink as a role model. But my Role Model, well, He has that covered too. So, one of the best things I can role model for others is keeping my faith and eyes on the Role Model, Jesus Christ. Have a great week.
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