Galatians 5:25 AMPC
[25] If we live by the [Holy] Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit. [If by the Holy Spirit we have our life in God, let us go forward walking in line, our conduct controlled by the Spirit.]
There is a life that aligns with the natural order of things. There is also a life that aligns with the spiritual order of things as laid out by God. By the process of natural birth, the life according to the natural order of things comes into effect. This is the human nature we refer to as the one born into sin and has been destined for destruction. There is really nothing you can do about the eternal end of the natural order of things. The human nature cannot be born again. The Bible makes it clear that the human nature has to die, so that the spiritual nature can then thrive. Both the human nature and the spiritual nature cannot co-exist side by side. One nature has to give way to the other; one has to increase while the other decreases. One has to be effectively and permanently dealt with, if the other one is to thrive. This is where the personal question comes up for each one of us: which nature am I nurturing and allowing to grow?
The reason why this understanding must be clear is the repercussions of getting it wrong. As was laid down in the verse above, the desire of God is that I live according to the spiritual nature, the one that He births and is able to sustain. God will not demand from me that which He has not first supplied sufficient grace for. As long as He commands it, be sure that an account will be demanded for its use or abuse. The choice of nature that we feed and nurture will also define how and where we walk. That which controls the inner man is able to determine the outer impact and influence. Living by the Holy Spirit will not just happen by accident, but by intentional design. It does not leave room for eye-service or the hypocrisy that is common to the people of the world. It does not accommodate lukewarm commitment; you are either all in or all out. There is no fence for this one, because even indecision on who to follow is itself a decision and it will get the consequences that are linked.
We get to the place of living by the Holy Spirit through a total surrender of our lives to Jesus, and then daily trusting His supply for all that He demands. Life is not a one-off; it is a daily expression of that which you have been given. I was not saved to then sit down and wait for rapture or death; I was saved to also be a blessing to my generation. It is by my daily life that i show off God's grace upon my life in all its fullness. I am saved to be the example that others can learn from. There is no real life outside of God. You cannot define life outside of the One called the Way, the Truth and the Life. Let the walk match the talk and let the inner content be revealed by the outward manifestation. The control center is the place where God has to sit and direct the affairs of men. Can I go forward, confident that God goes with me? The life of God is possible with the help and presence of God. Don't dare live life without Him. God's time of favour is here.
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