When I became a Christian, at first I did not know what “walking
in the Spirit” meant. As a matter of fact, there were many things about my new spiritual
life and future that I had no idea about. However, there was one thing that I
knew for sure. I knew that whatever I now had, I did not have before, and that
was the desire to know God better. As I began to study God’s word, the Bible
became more clear to me, as I took my spiritual knife and began to cut into the
Bread of life and break it off piece by piece, mentally ingesting it into my
daily life. Galatians 5:16 says, “Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not
fulfill the lust of the flesh”. That verse is telling us not, to walk as our
flesh dictates for us to, but rather to be controlled by God’s Spirit that
dwells within the child of God. Once a person receives Christ into their
hearts, their old ways of living ceases to exist and God gives them a new life
to start over in. Yes, a person can begin again, start over. While they may
have to deal with the consequences of their past sins form that point on, they
can live in peace knowing that they have been forgiven. Once a person gets born
again, they actually become a new person, a new creation. The old person that
they were disappears and the new person is free to live, to love and obey God
requires them to. That person now sees and knows that something has truly
happened to them that they cannot explain, yet they know, that they know, they
have been forgiven and made new; and because they know there is a difference
from the old life to their new life, it simply urges them to live differently,
having new desires that compel them to obedience to God.
If, a person does not
experience a new change and they continue to live in the same state that they
were in prior to asking Christ to forgive them and save them, the scripture
describes them as being deceived. If there is no change, there must have been no
real repentance. For true repentance brings change. Living in the Spirit and
walking in the Spirit are two different things. You cannot have Christ come
into your life and have no heart change concerning sin. Galatians 5:25 says,
“If we live in the spirit, let us also walk in the spirit”. If one is in
(lives) the Spirit, let him walk in therein. Like a new born baby learns
to crawl and then walk, drink milk before they take on solid foods, so the
child of God must follow that same process. Walking does not come
automatically, it takes time and effort. But nevertheless, the true child of
God craves the things of God and to do His will. As they seek God by learning
about Him and obeying Him, they began to grow and walk in Him. Being saved
allows a person the right to become the children of God. As they walk in the
truth that is shown to them by and through the power of God’s Holy Spirit and
the Word of God, their new spiritual inclination is to walk deeper and talk to
him on a deeper level, and when that happens God is honored and walks with
them. I John 2:6 says, “Whoever says he abides in Him ought to walk in the same
way in which he walked.” The Christian life is a life of progression, but once
a believe understands that the new life they now live, is actually, a life that
they no longer live, but a life the Christ lives in and through them, then they
will understand what it really means to walk in the Spirit! How is your walking
today sweet friend?
Loving on you today,
Bren
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