Living from Christ within us rather than relying on self-improvement and greater determination.
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The spiritual problem with trying not to do something is that it keeps me occupied with myself. I watch my anger, pride, criticism, or failure, and then try harder to control it. Even trying to surrender can become another work of the self. But the Christian life is not Christ helping me become a better version of myself. Christ himself is my life. The answer, then, is not greater determination, but a deeper turning to Him. When I fail, I can simply recognize, Lord, I am living from myself again. I cannot produce You. Christ is already real and living within us. As we live from His life, the old things gradually lose their ground. Freedom comes not because I finally conquered myself, but because I increasingly live from Christ, who is already my source.
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