Do not yield your members to sin as instruments of wickedness but yield yourselves to God as men who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments of righteousness. For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law, but under grace.

Romans 6:13-14

Paul tells us that we are dead to sin. This is our spiritual reality. However, we still have to choose to live out of this reality. Paul urges us not to yield ourselves to sin but instead yield ourselves to God and how he wants us to act. We are yield ourselves to God’s will and God’s way because we have the power of God’s grace. 

We are no longer under law but grace. When we see ourselves under the law, we demand our rights. We demand that those who have offended us make it up to us. When we are under law we are more easily offended. When we live under grace, we realize that God has treated us better than we deserve. When we live under grace, we recognize that we have the power to yield ourselves to God instead of reacting to what has been done to us. 

Thank God today that you don’t have to demand your rights or earn your rights. Thank God that he generously gives you his grace.