WHY?????

Why do we get frustrated?
BECAUSE WE ARE TRYING to be the Holy Spirit.

1 Corinthians 1:30 says, "But it is from Him that you have your life in Christ Jesus, Whom God made our Wisdom from God....Our Righteousness....and Our Consecration....and our Redemption".

THE HOLY SPIRIT is the source of all your spiritual life - all of it. It follows, then, that you'll be frustrated if you attempt in any way to manufacture your spiritual life. This is especially truse when it comes to overcoming sin. Believers are said to have "cleanesed their hearts by faith" (Acts 15:9) - you are saved from sin through grace by means of faith not by works. The Holy Spirit comes to dwell within you by faith. It is faith that works by love. It is by faith that you overcome the world, the flesh, and the devil. It is by faith that you fight the good fight and quench the fiery darts of the enemy. Only the power of the Holy Spirit within you can save you from sin, and faith is the condition of His working. By faith receive His cleansing influence and allow Him to shed His love abroad in your heart that will sustain you in victory over sin.