Becoming Alive In The Spirit…
Walking in the flesh is death.
It’s amazing how true those words ring when reviewing past situations where we found ourselves hating more than loving, doing the things we know are wrong rather than doing the things we know are right or looking upon someone with ill-intent in our heart rather than seeing them as a daughter or son of God.
When we are walking in the Spirit of God, when Jesus Christ is, in fact, going before us, our lives are in a far different place. The stench of rot no longer surrounds us. Our flesh remains in place and doesn’t fall off at the drop-of-a-hat. We can see people for the situation they are in while forgoing any thoughts that bring heartache or pain to our soul. We simply see what is before us and either respond accordingly or remain focused on the task at hand. The bird flying over head is beautiful but consuming.
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Therefore, my brethren, you also have become dead to the law through the body of Christ, that you may be married to another—to Him who was raised from the dead, that we should bear fruit to God. For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions which were aroused by the law were at work in our members to bear fruit to death. But now we have been delivered from the law, having died to what we were held by, so that we should serve in the newness of the Spirit and not in the oldness of the letter. ~Romans 7:4-6 NKJB
Do we believe this? Do we live this way? We no longer have to live as though we are dead in the flesh. We have been saved from death and we can throw off the shackles that bind us to fear, guilt and shame. We can leave those at the foot of the cross and simply walk in the Spirit, alive in Jesus Christ. We have to receive it and we have to live it.
Either the Scripture is the divine Word of God teaching us how to live and how to be a reflection of Him, or it’s nothing more than a historical account of events.
