Making It Personal
When I think of casting off the old man, the ways of wickedness I think of Paul. Acts 9 gives us a glimpse of what it means to cast off something. Paul was persecuting the church, God’s people. He thought he was doing the work of God but he had religion and no relationship.
He was on the road to Damascus and he had an encounter with God. His eyes were blinded by religion in the past but now after his encounter with God, his eyes were literally blinded. He could not see because his eyes had a covering on them. He had to go to Ananias so the scales would come off.
We, like Paul, are blinded with scales on our eyes. When we meet Christ, the scales are removed and we can now see. However, many times we choose to put the scales back on and we become blinded once again. When we choose to work through the flesh or not cast off the works of the flesh and darkness, it is like looking with scales on our eyes.
Sometime, these scales get in the way when we are even serving God. David comes to mind when He is returning the Arc of the Covenant back to Israel. He was doing a good work but in the wrong manner and mode. He knew the law and if he did not, he should have found out. But instead, he was zealous but blinded and tried to serve in the flesh. God wants us to serve but He wants us to serve according to His design not ours. This mistake of David’s cost Uzzah his life, II Sam. 6. Most of the times, our blindness cost and it affects those around us.
It is our choice to be blinded by scales or to see clearly. God gives the power to remove the scales and to keep them off. We simply must obey. So, this week, let us mortify the deeds of the flesh and serve our Maker with gladness.