A slave to what?

A quick post:

I am going to leave out details but I've been dealing with an issue in my life that I've been praying about alot. So, I've heard from others in the situation that "some people are just evil and will never change, to give up on them" ... And I respect this particulars person view on that because, I do! But, there is this part in the pit of who I am, that won't give up. It would be easier, it would be more convenient - and I do not judge or think less of in any way of the person who said to give up... trust me, this situation is hard...So, now I'll make a point of way I'm blogging about this at all...

In the One Year Bible reading for today out of Luke 6:45 it says, "A good person produces good things from the treasury of a good heart, and an evil person produces evil things from the treasury of an evil heart. What you say flows from what is in your heart."

After reading that, I was thinking about this situation and I thought "How can this persons heart go from evil to good... how can the treasury of their evil heart be changed to a good heart?" In all honesty, I was thinking of the most practical ways. I know that ultimately they decide to change and the old is gone and the new has come (2 Cor. 5 :17). But, they proclaim to be a "Christian".. which I understand that claiming a title means very little - you must LIVE in your relationship with Christ and die to self. 


So, I wrote my question down, and moved on... to the Proverbs 12: 28 passage, " The way of the godly leads to life, that path does not lead to death."  And that passage lead me to Romans 6:20-23, " ²⁰ When you were slaves to sin, you were free from the obligation to do right. ²¹ And what was the result? You are now ashamed of the things you used to do, things that end in eternal doom. ²² But now you are free from the power of sin and have become slaves of God. Now you do those things that lead to holiness and result in eternal life. ²³ For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord."
So, apparently, in this situation, this person is still a slave to sin... and not ashamed of the things they do, and not free from power of sin... because they are choosing to still be slave to sin.

How sad. How heartbreaking. To be so close to freedom and yet not want it. Sin seems fun, seems great, seems like freedom, yet when you think of it like being a slave to sin, and not even being ashamed of doing evil things, that doesn't found great or fun - that sounds awful.

I am so thankful I am free from the power of sin!! And that I am a slave of God... I pray that I am doing those things that lead to holiness and result in eternal life!