MY
DAILY COVENANT WITH GOD DEVOTIONAL
Devotion
for Sunday May 7, 2017
Topic:
No More Debtors To The Flesh
Text:
Romans 8:10 – 15
Debtor is noun form of debt. Debt is
an obligation, duty, responsibility or commitment. Living in the flesh has
never conferred upon us any real good, but always injury. Paul tells us that we
are no longer under obligation to the flesh. The flesh or carnal nature in
Christians died at repentance and thus we are no longer under obligation to
obey its dictates (Rom. 6:11 – 12). His emphasis is that we are to refuse the
drives and desires of our crucified sinful nature, to say no to worldly
passions and ungodliness. The old, sinful nature may present its demands, based
on our past, but we have no obligation to obey.
There are great privileges for us as
Christians if only we will obey the dictates of the Spirit. As many as will
walk according to the dictates of the spirit, will always see the great
manifestation of God. Being debtors to the flesh encompasses depending on your
strength, trusting humans and refusing to acknowledge God as indispensable and
one you can’t do without. It will actually be suicidal to live in the flesh in
this age where everything points to the end time. Always apply the words of
Hezekiah in 2 Chronicles 32: 8. Know that the enemies who may come to you are
with arm of flesh and will all fail but our God can never fail us.
Food
for Thought:
Romans 8: 6
Memory
verse: Romans
8 verse 12
Prayer: Lord,
help me to never to live in the flesh or obey its desires. 
