Topic: Align your choices towards the Spirit
Bible Reading: Isaiah 13-15; Galatians 6
Memory verse: “For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting” Galatians 6:8 (KJV)
Everything in life is all about choices and decisions. With decision comes consequences.We need to think about our choices and what the consequences are likely going to be. They can lead to corruption, or to eternal life. Whatever the choice and decision, the consequence is there waiting that’s why the Bible tells us, “Be not deceived; for God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. [9] For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting” Galatians 6:7-8 (KJV)
All sin begins in the thought life. When temptation comes up as a thought, if I agree with it, it gives birth to sin: and when sin is full grown (practiced) it brings forth death. (James 1:14-15) This death is reaping the wages of sin; a spiritual death, where one’s conscience becomes hardened and one cannot discern between good and evil. One lives in sin.
What people don’t know is that after the pleasure of sin passes the reaping of corruption will follow. It’s reaped with difficulties in finance and marital life. It’s reaped in the thought life with images of past sinful behavior. One can be tormented with thoughts of regret, anxiety, suspicion, unthankfulness, bitterness, discontent and all sorts of bad memories. But Jesus can set us free from all of this and make us free indeed! (John 8:34-36)
There is hope! Just sow to the Spirit and avoid all this unnecessary suffering and misery and reap eternal life! Paul writes in Romans that to be spiritually minded is life and peace (Romans 8:6). If we walk in the Spirit, we will not fulfill the lusts of the flesh (Galatians 5:16-17). There is a battle in the thought life. The Spirit lusts against the flesh and the flesh against the Spirit. They are contrary to one another. But through the power of an eternal Spirit we can overcome those lusts of the flesh! Paul writes that if we give in to the works of the flesh we will not inherit the kingdom of God. That kingdom consists of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit, which are the fruits of an overcoming life.
Prayer: Father, give me a heart of flesh and break every hardness that may have crept into my heart in Jesus name.
Bro. Worthmore Aghanenu