“For
to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law
of God, neither indeed can be. So then they that are in the flesh cannot please
God. (Rom 8:6-8; KJV).
The
Lord showed me in a very vivid dream that most Christians struggle with
operating in the spirit realm or in God’s ways and under his direction. We
lapse far too much into operating in the flesh or under the dictates of our own
minds without checking in with God, or we just plain do things our way. Life is
hard and fraught with struggle and failures when we do it our way.
When
we were born again it is was spirits that were made new (John 3:4-5) not our
souls or bodies. The word says we have to bring our bodies under (1 Cor 9:27) and
renew our minds with God’s word so they can be directed by God through our
spirit (Rom 12:2; Prov 20:27). God wants to direct us into the path he has for
us (Prov 3:5-6), he desires ongoing communion with us so we can walk in the
life he enjoys and, in his peace, (Rom 8:14; John 10:10).
We
need to try it God’s way today, check in with him, get his direction for our
days; it will be good and o my, his peace is beyond all understanding and guards
our minds and our hearts (Phil 4:7).
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