Staying On Track

I am having a few problems staying on track with the Lord. I mean he is the most important thing in my life but I find myself going back to chasing worldly desires and giving into temptation. I feel so unworthy of God’s love. What should I do?

Q. I am a 19 year old college student and I am having a few problems staying on track with the lord. I mean he is the most important thing in my life but at the same time I find myself doing well for maybe a month or two and then Im back to chasing worldly desires and giving into temptation. I feel so unworthy of gods love. What should I do?

A. First of all, stop beating yourself up. This happens to all of us, and nobody is worthy of God’s love. He didn’t die to make us worthy, He died to make us free.

When you feel bad after sinning it means the Holy Spirit is convicting you. Confess your sins, and God who is faithful and just will forgive you and purify you from all unrighteousness. (1 John 1:9) That means that when God forgives us He also forgets the sin. If after you confess and receive forgiveness you still feel bad, that’s the devil putting you on a guilt trip, making you feel unworthy of God’s love. Resist him and he’ll flee from you (James 4:7) If you don’t, he’ll actually use your feelings of unworthiness to get you to sin again.

God has given you a weapon that has divine power to defeat your enemy at this. It’s called choice. You can to choose to believe that God has forgiven you, just like His word says, and rebuke those thoughts of unworthiness. By doing so you can demolish every pretension that sets itself up against your knowledge of God. (2 Cor. 10:3-5) Keep doing this and you’ll soon be able to control your temptation to sin.