SUBMIT AND BE RETRAINED | LOVE, LIGHT AND LIFE

Love, Light and Life

... more than a devotional

TUESDAY 12TH SEPTEMBER, 2023

SUBMIT AND BE RETRAINED 

I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.

Galatians 5:16 NKJV

The Holy scriptures tell us, if we want to live a life where we fulfill the desires of the Spirit and not the flesh, then we must walk in the Spirit. Remember however, that many people fulfill the desires of the flesh, i.e their sensual and bodily desires because that's how they've been trained to live their entire life.

Without having hired a teacher, friends, family, and associations have made it the "normal thing" to live according to your sensual desires. "Oh I feel like doing this", so you just go ahead and to it. That's how the natural man lives.

Even when people begin to exercise some discipline, it's important to know what source is training them in that discipline, and for what purpose. Because the Bible tells us that there's bodily exercise which is profitable only for little. (1 Timothy 4:8). We weren't created for only that little!

It's true you may not know how to live the Christian life effectively, but here is your assurance; if you will submit to the Holy Spirit, and to the Word of God, He will retrain you in this God-Life. If you will walk in the Spirit, He will teach you to fulfill His own desires only. It is impossible to stay with the Word of God over a period, and not experience the change. Give yourself a chance. 

Prayer: Dear Father, I thank you so much for your Word and Holy Spirit who are my agents for change. I choose to submit to your precious Holy Spirit, and to the Word of God, who is able to build me up, and give me the inheritance of the saints. Glory to God.

Further Reading: 1 Timothy 4:8, Galatians 4

:6-8 (NKJV& EASY)