Walk in the Spirit
“I say then: Walk
in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and
the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that
you do not do the things that you wish.
But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.” Gal. 5:16-18
The battleground is clear: the Spirit is opposed to the flesh. Therefore, our responsibility is to walk
according to the Spirit, and not the flesh.
That is easy to say, difficult to do.
It bears repeating: on our own,
it will be impossible to do. However,
with the Holy Spirit operating within us, all things are possible. How then, do we walk in the Spirit? How do we prevent feeding the flesh? Here is the answer: we must submit to subdue.
As we daily, hourly submit ourselves
to God through Christ Jesus, our Lord and Savior, we are surrendering our will
and ourselves. In that posture of
surrender, we invite the Holy Spirit to take over and subdue our flesh. That is where the victory comes.
These works of the flesh are really sin in our lives. As we look over the list, we are reminded of
the areas of sin that have been conquered by the power of the Holy Spirit
operating within us. We can also
identify an area where we might be struggling.
Beloved, submit to the Lord and ask Him for cleansing and the power of
the Spirit to subdue the flesh. Confess
the sin and receive forgiveness. As the
victories come, we discover that God is cultivating fruit in our lives. That fruit is known as the fruit of the
Spirit and friends, that is what we receive as the result of a relationship
with our Savior.
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