Walk with God Part 2

 

    Christians have to have self control to glorify God.  You have to be glorifying God every day to walk with Him.  That means that your thoughts and desires are no longer allowed to control how you behave.  Do you trust the Holy Spirit to lead and guide you?  Or do you try to take over and do things your way?

    Submitting to God is a struggle because of your human nature.  However, if you want to walk with Jesus, then the Holy Spirit has to lead.  Your body is His temple where the Holy Spirit abides and reigns.  Are you able to let go of your human desires to make room for self-control?

    When you walk in pace with the Holy Spirit your sinful nature is no longer in control. It does not mean that the spiritual battle has ended.  It means you choose obedience over selfishness.  The battle is what makes you tired.  The quicker you can submit, the better it is for you.  

    Human desire will corrupt and weaken you.  The more you pour yourself into God, the easier it will become to deny your sinful nature.  It will always be there until you get to resurrect with Jesus, but it doesn't have to control you.  Jesus freed you from those chains and gave you the Holy Spirit to walk with you upon salvation.   

    Life is easier when you give into human nature, but it is not nearly as fulfilling.  Walking with God requires more energy and effort, but it gives life meaning.  God knows what you need.  That is why He commanded you to nail your worldly passions and sinful nature to the cross with the blood of Jesus.  

    Walk away from your past sinful habits.  Do not go back to that bloody cross to rip them off chaining yourself to the sin you had been freed from.  Jesus will destroy them if you allow Him.  However, if you insist on putting yourself in chains again, then He will not stop you.  You will never find the freedom that you were meant to have in chains.  It is important to walk with God to be truly free.  Walk in faith and not by what your eyes alone see.

Psalm 119:105-112, Micah 6:6-8, 2 Corinthians 5:6-10, Galatians 5:16-25, & 1 John 1:5-7