LIVING IN THE SPIRIT
Memorise: if we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the
Spirit. Galatians 5:25
Read; Galatians 5:22-26, 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.
Bible in one year: Judges 8:29-9:57, Job 41:5-17
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
complete 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.
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