Memorise: if we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Galatians
5:25
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is
love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness,
temperance: against such there is no law. 24 And they that are
Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. 25 If
we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. 26 Let
us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
When you
are not living in the Spirit, you will suffer spiritual famine. You will become
a victim of the works of the flesh such as adultery, fornication, uncleanness,
idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, heresies, envying etc. But when you allow your
life to be directed by the Spirit, you will be able to express the fruits of
the Spirit such as love,
joy, peace,
longsuffering, meekness, patience, faith etc. Those who walk in the Spirit
cannot make wrong decisions and even when they have decided to make a move,
their moves will always lead to the right destinations, because they are guided
by God. This is why it is important to allow God to speak to you so that you
can hear His voice and find rest for your soul. When you live in the spirit,
you will not grope around as someone in darkness. There are many people who
have lost the energy required for the Christian race because they have allowed
their hearts to be taken over by the mundane things of this world. Don’t be a
carnal Christian. A carnal Christian enjoys what the world can offer as long as
it satisfies his ego. A carnal Christian is always a victim of sin because the
body has not been trained to be disciplined. If you live in the Spirit, you
will no longer compete with the world in fashion. If you are walking in the
Spirit you will not be comfortable exposing your body to cause others to fall
into lust. You must up your mind to break away from every act of carnality, so
that the peace of God can rest on you.
“Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to
the law of God, neither indeed can be” Romans 8:7
Do not be
consumed any longer with the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eye and the
pride of this life. Make up your mind to be ruled and governed by the spirit of
God. Our hearts, deeds and the fruits we bear must be patterned to please God.
One of the ways to ensure we live in the Spirit is to continue to fellowship
with Him. Those who find it difficult to come to the presence of God and
fellowship cannot experience the power of the Spirit. You are supposed to value
the presence of God more than any other thing in life. You may be denied of
every other thing but not the presence of God. Also, to grow in the Spirit we
must create time for the study of the Word of God. Make the study of the Word
of God important in your agenda. The moment you begin to have excuses for not
attending fellowship and not studying God’s Word, you can be sure that the
devil is already causing you to experience spiritual famine, and at the end,
there will be a manifestation of the flesh. Some who are no longer walking in
the Spirit have given themselves over to the false doctrines blowing across the
world. If you are in this category, you have to cry to God to help you so that
you will not be a victim of heresy. The flesh is programmed to always yield to
sin. Ask God to deliver you from the desires of your flesh so that you will no
longer gratify its dictates.
Prayer Point: Father, let not my flesh have dominion over me.
Bible in one year: Judges 8:29-9:57, Job 41:5-17
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