MY DAILY COVENANT WITH GOD DEVOTIONAL
Devotion for Sunday June 21,
2020
Topic: Give No Room for the Flesh
Text: Galatians 5:16 – 18
To
prevent the aforementioned evils in Galatians 5:15, Paul exhorted the Galatians
to walk in the Spirit, that is, according to the guidance, direction, and
influence of the Holy Spirit. He acknowledges the great weakness of the Godly,
because they are but in part regenerated. His exhortation was a reminder that
they are endued with the Spirit of God, who has delivered them from the slavery
of sin, and so from the Law, inasmuch as it is the power of sin, so that they
should not give themselves to lusts any more.
Being led by the Holy Spirit involves the
desire to hear, the readiness to obey God’s Word, and the sensitivity to
discern between your feelings and His promptings. Paul’s emphasis was that they should live each day controlled and
guided by the Holy Spirit. Only then will the word of Christ be in their minds,
the love of Christ will be behind their actions, and the power of Christ will
help them control your selfish desires.
Beloved,
what Paul is saying here is that we the present day readers should no longer
give room to the fleshly desires and lust but rather we should be filled with
the Holy Spirit and the Word of God. Giving room for the flesh emanates from
emptiness and having wrong desires.
Walking
in our text means living. When we live in the Holy Spirit, we won’t be doing
what our sinful nature craves. When we become Christians, our sinful nature
still exists. But God asks us to place our sinful nature under the control of
the Holy Spirit so that He can transform it. Are you still under the influence
of the flesh? Prayerfully place them under the control of the Holy Spirit and
He will transform you.
Food for Thought: Romans 13:14
Memory verse: Galatians 5:16
Prayer:
Lord, by the power of the Holy Spirit, crucify the power of flesh and lust in
me.
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