FRIDAY July 5, 2024
Are You Led by God’s Spirit?
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.
Romans 8:14
As a son or daughter of God, it is so important to be in submission to Him. In our relationship with the Lord, our submission is never forced. We yield to God because we love Him. We never do things for Him because we have to; we serve Him willingly. Again, never by force.
Understand, in this life, a person either serves God or Satan. If a person serves Satan, they are under his influence, and their life is controlled by their fleshly desires and appetites. They face death, the judgment of God, and eternal separation from Him for all eternity. Paul really got this point across in Romans 8:5-9:
For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be. So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God. But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His.
When the Spirit of God is controlling your life, you are in submission to Him, and you will live a life pleasing before Him. It is only through the power of the Holy Spirit that you can walk in harmony with God. As you walk a life led by God’s Spirit, you will not be a walking contradiction. Your life will align to what God has said in His Word.
When we come to Christ, He begins to work out His best for our lives. We can make such a mess of our lives; but when we surrender ourselves to Christ, He can work amazing things through a life in full submission to Him.
God being Who and What He is, and we being who and what we are, the only thinkable relation between us is one of full Lordship on His part and complete submission on ours.
~A.W. Tozer~
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