Do you ever feel like you’ve failed God?

I'M SURE I'M NOT ALONE WHEN I ADMIT I SOMETIMES FEEL LIKE I'VE FAILED GOD SOMEHOW. I tend to feel like that a lot, but on the other hand, that's a GOOD thing, because it reveals that He's constantly on my mind.

Is anybody with me on that? Do YOU ever feel that way? If so, here's a reminder that the Bible is replete with examples of people who sometimes went with their carnal natures.

For instance, take Rav Sha'ul (The Apostle Paul). He seemed to be upset with himself plenty of times whenever he realized that he kept doing those things he knew he shouldn't do; but - like so many of us - he did it, anyway, causing him to be at war with himself...

Romans 7: 12. As a result, Torah is Set Apart; and the Commandment is Set Apart, and righteous, and good. 13. Did that which is good, therefore, become death to me? May it never be! But sin, that it might be seen to be sin, perfected death in me by means of that good (Torah); that sin might the more be condemned by means of the Commandment. 14. For we know, that Torah is spiritual;[1] but I am carnal, and sold to sin. 15. For what I am doing, I do not know: and what I would, I do not perform; but what I hate, that I do. 16. And if I do what I would not, I testify of Torah, that it is right. 17. And then, it is no more I who do that thing, but sin which dwells in me.

(FOOTNOTE 1: Paul says “Torah is spiritual”; therefore, while those without Torah might be very religious, they are not “spiritual” according to Paul and Mashiyach! Mashiyach is the goal and we are to be like him, which means that when our spirits are awakened to Mashiyach we will proceed to welcome Torah to be written upon our hearts.)

18. For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) good dwells not: because, to approve the good, is easy for me; but to do it, I am unable. 19. For I do not perform the good which I would perform, but the bad which I would not perform, that I do perform. 20. And if I do what I would not, it is not I that do it, but sin which dwells in me.

21. I find therefore a Torah coinciding with my conscience which agrees to my doing good, whereas evil is near to me. 22. For I rejoice in the Torah of Elohim, in the inner man. 23. But I see another instruction[2] in my members, which wars against the instruction of my conscience and makes me a captive to the instruction of sin which exists in my members.

(FOOTNOTE 2: The Aramaic word "Namusa" could refer to the Tanakh [Old Testament"], particular instruction within Tanakh, or an earthly instruction from the heart of man that may or may not be righteous, as it does here. The key context here is “in my members”; i.e., the flesh.)

24. O, a miserable man, am I! Who will rescue me from this body of death? 25. I thank Elohim by means of our Master Y’shua the Mashiyach (I will be rescued.) Now, therefore, in my conscience, I am a servant of the Torah of Elohim; but in my flesh, I am a servant of the instruction of sin.[3] (AENT)

(FOOTNOTE 3: Two instructions; one from YHWH, the other from flesh, are in direct opposition to one another.)

SO, THERE YOU HAVE IT: We are NOT alone in this struggle! As Scripture tells us, we are born into a sinful world, and as a result, we are constantly in a spiritual battle, exercising our God-given RIGHT to choose "whom" we wish to follow...

May we ALL choose that narrow path that leads to LIFE! (Matthew 7:13-14)