Perspectives on the Brain Battle

Being a Christian isn't easy. Whoever started that rumour has some serious explaining to do, because it really isn't!!!

Basically, we all have 'sinful natures' which means that sometimes we don't want to do the right thing, even when we know its the right thing, know that God wants us to do the right thing, our friends want us to do the right thing, and deep down inside part of us realises that we should be doing the right thing as well.

This doesn't change when you become a Christian. You still have to fight with the part of you that wants to do wrong, the 'sinful nature' within you. However, Christians do have an added thing to help them make the right decisions. Paul refers to it in 1 Corinthians, where he says "So, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation, the old has gone and the new has come."

To be completely honest to the point of transparency, I have been struggling with my 'old creation' a bit lately, mostly in my mind. I've been trying to figure out why this is. I mean, if "the old has gone" then shouldn't it not be there anymore?

I suppose over all you are still going to face the same issues whether you are a Christian or a non-Christian. The only difference is the way you view these issues. To a non-Christian, suffering, battling to do good, sickness, or anything like this is something you have to deal with on your own, or at the best, with a friend or two. I can not only rely on my friends if I need them, but I have God there always, right beside me, to help and support me as well.

Also, whereas any major problem, like an ongoing sickness would be tragic to a non-Christian, and possibly ruin their life entirely, a Christian, although still having to face the problem, can always be secure in the knowledge that all problems in life are temporary. This life is just the dot at the start of the endless novel of eternity.

That is an amazing perspective to be able to see it from.