A true child of God is aware that he/she has to continually depend on God's Spirit to live right before God. For the temptations of the flesh and the pleasures of the world are quite deceptive. As we live a life depending on God's Spirit, the Spirit of the Lord alerts us when sin and temptations lurk near our hearts door. Grace is there until we make a choice. A wrong choice or move can stop the grace flowing in our lives. Many a time the Holy Spirit of the Lord do not give up on us so quickly. His gentle reminders, warnings and cautions are always there for us. He leaves us only when we continuously avoid Him, ignore His promptings and behave indifferent to Him. When He leaves us we are on our own, though we may wrongly assume that we have the grace of God and God's favor for us...
That is why the psalmist prayed...
Psalm 19:13 (New International Version)
Keep your servant also from willful sins;
may they not rule over me.
Then will I be blameless,
innocent of great transgression.
This need to be our constant prayer if we are to live blamelessly in our everyday life. There was once a man of God who prayed everyday during his prayer time, "Lord, is there anything in my life which is stopping your grace to flow in today? Please show it to me Lord." If the Spirit of God gently showed him any form of sin, wrong attitude or choice, the man would quickly and sincerely repent (and take the right action where required). This helped him to live right before God.
May each one of us too make it a habit to live right before God- blameless...
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