HAVE A STRONG SPIRIT!
Shalom,
“Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and uphold me by Your Generous Spirit.” – Psalms 51:12 (NKJV)
At the end of this era the life of a believer must have a spirit that is getting stronger day by day. It is this powerful spirit that can control the desires of the soul and body. It often happens that we want to do right but our bodies always want to do evil. Between spirit and body are always conflicted.
As has been written in the book Romans 7:21-23 “I find then a law, that evil is present with me, the one who wills to do good. For I delight in the law of God according to the inward man. But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.”
Before we do what is right, we have done what is evil. Truly, the desires of the body are never in line with the desires of the spirit. We know that it is impossible for people who live in the flesh to please God. Therefore, our spirit must be stronger in order to kill the desires of the flesh in us.
Let’s correct our lives, have we been following our fleshly desires or have we lived according to God’s will? Because to enter the Kingdom of Heaven is not an easy job. If a person cannot kill within himself all the desires of the flesh, then he will not inherit the Kingdom of Heaven.
If someone always falls into the same sin, he not only needs forgiveness of sins, but his spirit must be renewed so that he will always be strong. A person whose spirit is weak will always live in fear, worry, anxiety and be filled with negative thoughts.
Friends, how do we make our human spirits stronger day by day? Our man spirit must be fed by the word of God. The Apostle Peter said: “Newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby,” – 1 Peter 2:2 (NKJV).
The words in question are not those that are memorized and spoken, but the words that enter and are received by our spirits. There are many Christians who are good at speaking the word but their spirit has no words. The proof can be seen when he is in trouble: easily panicked, stressed, frustrated, disappointed and so on. Have a strong spirit so that we can put to death all the deeds of the flesh!
Have a great day and God bless!