Christians today are far from the Biblical norm of what we should be. We
have no concept of what life is like when it is controlled and guided by God’s
Spirit. We take too active a role in our life and we make our own plans instead
of checking with God about His plans for us (Ephesians
2:10). We get our self stuck up a tree or circling the same mountain in life and
then we get discouraged and grow weary.
We end up grieving God’s Spirit (Ephesians 4:30) by our
thoughts, words and deeds. We dishonor God’s name by walking with one foot in
the world and one foot in the Spirit. We walk with diminished spiritual power
because we focus more on the fleshly concerns in our life than on the spiritual
and eternal.
We have so much self-confidence, self-centeredness, self-reliance and
self-sufficiency that there is no room for God. We are like the foolish
Galatians (Galatians 3:1-3) attempting to please God by our human efforts.
This type of lifestyle comes from the flesh and the flesh stinks in the
nostrils of God (Acts 8:22-24). God’s power is available to every Born Again
Believer...it is yours.
His Spirit wants to sanctify us and enable us to walk in God’s will every
moment of every day. God continually eliminates our human strength, confounds
our human wisdom and limits our human abilities in every area of life until we
get tired of trying to live life apart from Him. We end up in complete shame
and emptiness, lost and undone.
If we call on God’s mercy and grace, He cleanses us from all
unrighteousness and helps us to walk in newness of life (1 John
1:9). This is when the blessings of God start to fall If you find yourself
failing or discouraged or overwhelmed in life, you can be sure you are out of
God’s will. Stop and pray. Center yourself in the mind of Christ and ask God
for His direction. Then, yield to God’s Holy Spirit.
Prayer:
Father God, show us the futility of living life from our own wisdom and
strength. Remind us to seek You first before we do anything, make any plans or
set any goals. Allow us to see Your hand in every area of our life, to feel
Your love overflowing in our heart, to have Your strength to accomplish
everything that You calls us to do and to yield to Your Spirit each moment of
the day.
Thought for the Day:
When God calls us to perform some function in His will, we find our self in
the happiest place on earth.
