For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. – Galatians 5:17
Life or death. Blessing or cursing. Left or right. This or that. Either or.
With all the options you’re bewildered by, they all boil down to one simple choice:
Spirit or flesh.
Are you going to walk in the Spirit or are you going to walk in the Flesh?
Are you going to live by what the Word says, or are you going to live by the information coming through your 5 senses?
Easier said than done, perhaps. And the Flesh will make a strong case for why now is not a good moment to live by what the Word says: think of the consequences, think of the children, feel the pain, remember the failures from the past.
The Flesh will try to hijack your mind and your emotions to strong arm your will into agreeing with it.
And the fuel of the Flesh is fear.
Fear of what’s happening, fear of what might happen, fear of the situation never changing.
But the great news is that you’ve got another option: to walk in the Spirit.
To be carnally-minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace (Romans 8:6)
Choosing to walk in the Spirit is to choose to walk in life and peace.
And you walk in the Spirit…by faith.
So when you’re facing a pile of overdue bills and feeling discouraged because of other people’s testimonies about supernatural provision?
Choose to walk in the Spirit.
Thank God for the prosperity that you have in the Spirit (2 Corinthians 8:9).
Give thanks for as many things as you can think of. (1 Thessalonians 5:17).
Speak in tongues and ask the Holy Spirit for interpretation of the mysteries you’ve just uttered (1 Corinthians 14)
Thank God for being your provision and for already giving you everything you need to take care of this situation.
All of these actions are a direct defiance of the posture of the Flesh which lives by the inputs from the 5 senses.
All of these actions don’t make sense…But they do require faith. And faith is how you’re going to manifest the promises of God.
“But how long do we have to keep doing this?”
If you’ll place a time limit on it…then you’re walking in the Flesh.
But if you’ll take your eyes off the clock, off the calendar and commit to walking in the Spirit regardless of what happens…the inevitable result will be life and peace.
Spirit or Flesh?
The choice is yours.
That’s what it looks like to walk in thr