Can't Do It All Alone

I am human. Only human. I make mistakes, small ones, big ones, petty or terrible, bad or worst of its kind. We all have this tendency and it's all part of our human nature.
Yet, it does not give us any right to continue living, making mistakes and thinking we are getting away from their consequences after all. For sooner or later it will haunt us down relentlessly leaving us disturbed,disoriented, weak and feeling like a sore loser.
The good news is we are not in this alone. All the more than six billion people here on earth commit mistakes be they intentional or not. And the best news of it all is that we have One who will lead us back to the right track. We have One who understands how futile our human nature is and how sinful it has become over the years. We have One who knows what's inside us and what goes on in our minds and hearts. That One is no other than Jesus who is the reason for this season. The One who has been there to help us when we feel like the world is already closing in on us ready to pounce on us like a big terrible lion to devour us. Jesus who died to redeem us from our sinfulness and make us pure and whole.
I have been through such a spiritual battle, what I call the "dark hours" or my soul and I have led myself to believe that I could do it on my own. That I could surpass those trials with only myself fighting for my survival. Yet, at the end of the day, I would feel so tired, weak, restless and hopeless for I knew deep down in my heart, I was still a loser and I could not do all things on my own.
Indeed, the enemy strikes us at our weakest points. He knows all the right spots and he knows what to hit you with. This is the time that we need to rely more on God, trust Him, call out to His name and never for once think that we could manage fighting him all by ourselves.
I was guilty of this folly. I thought I was strong, that I could resist the enemy but then I would just find myself waking up that he already has a stronghold on me again. This would not have happened if I truly allowed God to show me the weakest points of my heart and let Him work on those sensitive areas.
I have realized that our weakest points are indeed what we desire the most. And that, the enemy is what has been trying to distort to us thus eventually destroying us.
I am not yet spiritually matured. God knows all my struggles and now, I have realized by His grace that the same thing I have always wanted the most could be the very reason for my destruction.
It is not bad to desire something. It is good in fact but we have by His grace should know how to put things in their proper perspective. That to want something is not to make an idol out of it but rather a reason more to come closer to God and let Him do His work in our lives.
The road to real Christianity is not easy. It is a struggle actually. Not just a once-in-a-lifetime package of trials and challenges but a daily one in fact. Let us not be led into this false belief that being a Christian leads to an easy life. With the kind of world that we have right now, spiritual complacency is highly discouraged and an everyday appeal to and communication with Jesus for help and guidance is essentially recommended in order for us to fight the real enemy, the devil.
I am very inspired by this verse from 1 John 2:1(NLT) "My dear children, I am writing this to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate who pleads our case before the Father. He is Jesus Christ, the one who is truly righteous."
On our own, we lose all the battles but with Jesus, we are always sure winners.