Superman Without a Cape

Paul throws an incredible punchline in the book of Galatians as he explains the purpose of the law before the arrival of Jesus. He says that the law was put in place to lead us to Christ. My understanding of that is simply this: that in our attempts to fulfill the law, we find ourselves unable and we cry out for somebody who can help us. And yet, what crosses my mind as I read that statement is just how stubborn I am. I fall and fall and each time get up again and assert how much harder I'm going to try next time and how I won't do it again. And I fall again. Oh, to fall over and admit defeat! I'm loathe to do it and yet it's the key to my freedom isn't it? In one ear I hear the voice saying, "You must be holy as I am holy" and in the other I hear "all to Jesus I surrender". Both good truths and both pulling me, but one thing I do know, and that is that I'm one incredibly stubborn man.