Following Jesus requires us to make choices, sometimes very difficult choices, that require us to reject what our human nature (flesh) wants and choose what the Lord wants. There will be times that you let someone down, even someone you love, because they want you to allocate your time and energy in something or someone that isn’t what God wants - or is even plain and simple sin. Could be lying for someone to cover something up or something even worse, but it’s still sin. I like to ask myself the question, “What would Jesus do?”
Jesus died for us and we are filled with the Holy Spirit, “Therefore, brothers and sisters, we have an obligation—but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it. For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live. For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God.” Romans 8:12-14
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