Recipe for Success...
How difficult it is to surrender free will over to God! The influences of the flesh work against your desire to serve God. It's futility to do God's will, and completely follow his commandments under your own strength. I've concluded after much prayer and consideration that it can not be done due to the influences of sin upon the natural man/woman. Yet, deep down, it's my own spiritual desire to serve God by keeping his commandments, and doing his will. I find it to be a constant battle, giving up "self" in order to serve God. What are God's purposes? I must admit that my own selfishness in the flesh sabotages my ability to comprehend what God wants me to do, even to the extent that I am not able to separate my own selfishness from what I think God wants me to do. I'm often sabotaged by this conflict, and have concluded that the key to this dilemma is total and complete surrender of free will over to God. I realize that I still have a lot of work...