Your problem could be that you’re not dead. You have never truly died to yourself. Picture your body hanging lifelessly on a cross. Paul states matter-of-factly that this is what happens to those who belong to Christ—“our old self was crucified with him” (Rom. 6:6). That is what we signed up for. We have told God that we no longer want to live for ourselves. We want Him to take over. We actually desire a Master. Unlike Adam and Eve in the garden, we want to submit to God’s rule. We are happy to surrender. We are happy to see our life become His.
