Life In The Spirit Series

[One of the pitfalls of excessive reasoning is that it causes you to become double-minded and stuck. Listen, "A man of two minds is unstable and unreliable and uncertain about everything" (Jas 1:8 AMP). Does that describe you?]

Instead of always trying to figure things out -learn to be comfortable not knowing, and start trusting the One who does! Make a decision today and every time you feel anxious, you’ll stop and pray: "Lord I’m bringing it to You and I’m waiting for Your answer." When you stop struggling with the when’s, why’s, and how’s, you’ll begin to experience God’s peace in a way you never have before. You’ll also position yourself for Him to intervene on your behalf. So make a decision today to surrender and trust God.

We all have our "own minds" about things, don’t we? What is right/wrong. What is good/bad. How we should act … talk … think … live. God though is not interested in YOUR OPINIONS about these things. OPINIONS are a dime a dozen … everyone has one. God wants you to have the "mind of Christ" on everything you do, say, think. The "mind" of Jesus is PURE … He only wants what God wants. That’s the "mind" God wants you to have. [The Mind Of Christ - Philippians 2:5 – "Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:..." ]

Every person is either under the control of the Spirit or under control of the old nature, either on a road of peace or on a road that leads to death. Walking in the Spirt is living with Him as the director of our lives.

Verse 7 amplifies the critical necessity of walking in the Spirit. "because the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so,"

Every unredeemed person whether religious or atheistic, whether outwardly moral or outwardly wicked is hostile toward God. If a believer lives in the flesh his actions also will be hostile toward God.

Why? Because it is the nature of the mind set on death to oppose Him who is life. Thus the mind of the flesh is hostile to God, regarding Him as an enemy. Because a mind that is self-centered and self-willed does not submit itself to God, as a matter of fact as long as the mind of the flesh is in control it is not able to submit to God.

The Greek word translated subject ( ) is a military term for subject to orders. Since it is in the present tense it meas continued insubordination. The mind of the flesh will be in continuous subordination to God and His way.

The mind of the flesh also is impotent to change its own nature. Those controlled by the mind of the flesh are helpless. They do not simple don’t submit to the law of God. They can not following the Law of God. [The law of God is the revelation of His nature, therefore opposition to God’s law is opposition to God.]

How did you learn your multiplication tables … States & Capitals … Bible verses? REPETITION! What you put into your minds, REPEATEDLY, will OCCUPY your mind. What OCCUPIES your mind, will ultimately express itself in your character and lifestyle.