Helpless

Last night our dog Zoey had a run in with a frog. From what the vet said the frog has some kind or secretions that can cause issues for dogs when they lick them. That was the case for our dog. Within 20 minutes after getting the frog she started to throw up and have seizures. We got her over to the vets to be looked at and all was ok. It was a helpless feeling on my part as there was nothing I could do. With kids or people they can tell you what they feel or what is going on normally, here I had no clue. There was nothing I could do on my own to fix the issue and make her better. We are the same way when it comes to sin in our life. Alone we can not help ourselves. There is nothing that we can do on our own to clear the sin in our lives and to make us clean in the eyes of God. We can be aware of the sin, we can try to stay away from sin, but in the end we are helpless to sin. It is only through the death of Christ that we have a way to be made clean. We have to admit our sins, believe that Christ died for us to cleanse us from sin, and trust in Him to watch over us and keep us from sin. That is our get out of hell card so to speak. He is the only one that can help us. Stop trying to rely on yourself to fix your sin problem. You will never succeed going it alone. Give it to God and ask Him to take it from you and ask Him to put you on the path He needs you to take. You will find that you won't feel so helpless anymore if you do.