If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
Galatians 5:25 NKJVNKJV
If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit.
Galatians 5:25 ESV
Ever since It became clear that I would teach on this, this scripture has been constant on my mind.. It is clear that there's a constant battle within us... We are spirit beings living within mortal bodies; "earthen vessels" as Scriptures calls it...And as Scripture says also, there's a constant battle between our spirits and our flesh.. A result of differing agendas between the Kingdom of God and the kingdom of darkness. This battle predates us and will continue until Jesus finally vanquishes all evil forever under His feet....
But while we're here, Scripture reveals unto us a secret to consistent victory over the flesh....."Walk in the Spirit..."
What does this really mean?
How do we go about it?
Why is this so important?
1. Why is this so important?? Well, I'll tell you...
When God made the statement, "let them have dominion....." to man in Genesis 1:26, He relinquished His legal right to interference in the rulership of the earth....To put it simply, God doesn't have legal right to intervene in the affairs of the earth unless a man cooperates with Him to get His will done on the earth.... God needs man to fulfill His agenda for the earth as much as man needs God. When you look at it in this light, you begin to see why He desires that we walk in the Spirit... It is the only way we can be attuned to His workings and dealings in birthing certain eevents and manifestations on the earth....It is the only way we can bypass the natural and fleshly tendencies to pander to the yearnings of the flesh... It is our immunity against the enemy's advances and stretched out offerings....
2. Walking in the Spirit means "Keeping in Step with the Spirit" It is having an intimate romantic love with the Spirit and obeying and heeding to His every leading.
It is aligning to the leading of the Spirit, allowing Him control your thoughts, words, actions, movement- in effect, your whole life.... It is bending to His every whim...following closely after Him...never taking your eyes off Him.... It is giving up your life and desires so that He can reign in and live through you...Scripture says that "it's in Him we Live, Move and Have our very being" It is an uncompromising unity and Union with Him... We move when and where He moves....We say what He says and are quiet when He's quiet... We grieve over what He grieves over.. We rejoice over what He rejoices over and disdain what He disdains..... It is leaning close to hear the faintest of His heartbeats and tuning our heartbeat to His...It is living the quality of life Jesus lived while here on the earth...uninterrupted connection and connectivity with the Father....
3. We achieve this by Koinonia-,"Fellowship"
Fellow citizens of the Kingdom, a life of walking in the Spirit entails;
√ Prayer
Constant, Ceaseless, Consistent Conversative Communion Hours and Hours of sincere communication.... I cannot overemphasize this enough..... If you stay in Prayer long enough, especially praying in the Spirit and/or in tongues, the realm of the supernatural will open up to you..Scriptures will open up to you..You will walk in boldness and accuracy that will daze you.... You will hear His voice as clearly as you hear the voice of your friend.... It will be clear, concise and recognisable...One translation says.."For He that prays in an unknown tongue enhances his Spiritual progress" You can't walk in the Spirit if you don't spend time with the Spirit. You should have a sacrosanct, set apart time where you commune with the Spirit. Pray in the Spirit always... Be relentless about speaking in other tongues..
√Study and Meditation
Scripture says in Psalms that it is the entrance of the Word that brings light and that the Word of God is a lamp untobour feet and a light unto our path...Friends, to be one with the Spirit and walk in Step, you must study the Spirit...You must spend time in the study of the word and spend time ruminating on it... It must fill your every thought, influence your every decision... It must be on your lips. This will change your life and open your eyes...You will hear His voice saying "This is the path you should go... Walk ye in it"
√Fasting
You must die to self... to the desires of the flesh... You must periodically deaden the voice of the flesh through fasting... Jesus fasted while on earth and remarked that we must fast while He was gone.... Fasting loses the grip of the flesh over of your life and makes you more attentive to, pliable to, and in tune to the dictates of the Spirit... Fasting doesn't move God, neither does it impress Him...Jesus fasted for 40days and 40nights..yet it wasn't recorded anywhere where God said He was overly impressed by that.... In fact, God announced before the whole world that "This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased" before Jesus even ventured into the wilderness.... What fasting does is to quickly boost the reception power of our spiritual antenna so we can pick up signals from the Spirit faster and better.... This added with Prayer is a match made in heaven....combination of life!!! Kai! Let me move on...
√ Walking in Faith and Love...
Walking in the Spirit means staying in and walking in faith. It means moving out and taking action on the strength of what God has told you irrespective of your surroundings or seemingly insurmountable challenges. It means walking in love and judging your interactions with people through the love bullet points listed in 1 Corinthians 13.
It means Loving God with all your strength and lavishing your all on Him... It means reflecting that same love which He has shown you to the people He's created and staying true to this nature despite the negative encounters we may come across....
I'll stop here...and close with this...
"I used my life as a testing ground for this... And I found out that in days where zi walked in the Spirit, I was 65%-75% more productive in all my affairs and endesvours than when I walked in the flesh..." It affects the entire scope of your life... And it's your responsibility to make "Walking in the Spirit" a reality in your life... It's not God's responsibility but yours....and if you do the above mentioned as the Spirit leads, your whole life will change in the right direction with time....
Thank You for coming to my TED Talk 😂😂😂
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