Devotion for Tuesday January 1 2019
Topic: Those who are Christ’s
Text: Galatians 5:24 - And
those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
Welcome to the first day in
2019! Happy New Year! It is a great pleasure writing this devotion again being
published in digital form only. Paul in this verse of this epistle wrote to
remind the Galatians about the life they ought to live as Christians and the
characteristics of such life. He asserted that the life of those who have
accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour should be life whose flesh has been
crucified with its passions and desires. Such a life is no longer control by
emotions and desires. Such life is Christ led and obeys the spirit of God with
which the Christian is sealed with at salvation.
These words of Paul are good
reminder for us as we start the New Year. We must understand that our identity
is and should be that of a crucified life. We should begin our year on that
premise of a life led by the Spirit of God. True and sincere disciples have
crucified their lives, that is, su bdued, and in some degree mortified and put to death, their fleshly corruptions (carnal lusts, and sinful affections and passions).
At baptism we promised to die unto sin but we should not understand this as a total and once for all crucifixion. It is what we should do often and again as we assess ourselves through the eyes of the scriptures on daily basis. We should have it as a routine to crucify our flesh because they can disappoint us when we least expected. As you start your new year, have this behind you that you are expected to live life that is crucified to sin and has resurrected to righteousness. Have a great year as you walk with God.
Food for Thought: Are you now habitually weakening and destroying the influence of flesh in your life through the grace that comes from God.
Memory verse: Romans 13:14
Prayer: Lord God, help me to crucify my flesh and may your spirit reign in my life this day and always in Jesus name. Amen.