Have you ever seen someone struggling, straining to control their pet dog on a leash? The dog wants to run free, perhaps it sees other dogs or maybe some cats or a squirrel and the owner is with both arms fully extended and their feet planted firmly, struggling to hold back their dog who is pulling with all their might to run. Is that maybe a picture of us sometimes? Oh God does not have us on a leash and He’s not straining to restrict our thoughts or our words or our choices or our behavior, but do we sense an inner struggle between what we have a strong desire to say or do and what we know would be the wise, God honoring thing to say or do?