What is God Revealing to You?

Prayer – Lord God, show me what motivates me as I move through my day…moment by moment. I know the choices I make a difference influence my final destination. I choose You as my Lord and Savior. I choose to have the Holy Spirit guide my thoughts, words and actions. I want an eternal life with You. Thank you—for choosing me to be one of Your own children and for hearing my prayers. 

The Dove
Representative of the Holy Spirit.
Is the Holy Spirit living in you?

Those who are dominated by the sinful nature think about sinful things, but those who are controlled by the Holy Spirit think about things that please the Spirit. So letting your sinful nature control your mind leads to death. But letting the Spirit control your mind leads to life and peace. For the sinful nature is always hostile to God. It never did obey God's laws, and it never will. That's why those who are still under the control of their sinful nature can never please God. But you are not controlled by your sinful nature. You are controlled by the Spirit if you have the Spirit of God living in you. (And remember that those who do not have the Spirit of Christ living in them do not belong to him at all.) And Christ lives within you, so even though your body will die because of sin, the Spirit gives you life because you have been made right with God. The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you. And just as God raised Christ Jesus from the dead, he will give life to your mortal bodies by this same Spirit living within you. Romans 8:5-11

 

Meditate. Read the above scripture again. What is God revealing to you?

 

What drives your thoughts? Dominates your thinking pattern? Dominates. That is a powerful word. A sinful nature…Satan? The Holy Spirit? Who is in control of your thoughts…and thus of your words and actions? You might be thinking…I’m in control! But what influences your ideas and opinions? As you reflect on or recall what you’ve contemplated so far today you may be surprised.

 

Paul was telling the people of the church at Rome that we can let the sinful nature or the Holy Spirit control our minds. That was a couple of thousand years ago. The same advice is good for us today. We have a choice.

 

Thoughts controlled by the sinful nature, Satan, lead to death—sometimes called the second death. It is the final death. Note that the sinful nature is hostile to God—unbelieving and rebellious.

"But cowards, unbelievers, the corrupt, murderers, the immoral, those who practice witchcraft, idol worshipers, and all liars—their fate is in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death." Revelation 21:8 NLT

God’s chosen people—those who respond allow the Holy Spirit to guide their hearts and minds—will be raised from the dead like Christ someday. What a glorious day that will be.

Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection. For them the second death holds no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with him a thousand years. Revelation 20:6

God chose you. What do you choose today? To follow God’s plan for your life…your destiny…or to follow your own ideas…to a fate that is not with God for eternity.

 

Verse of Salvation ~ Help us, O God of our salvation! Help us for the glory of your name. Save us and forgive our sins for the honor of your name. Psalm 79:9 NLT

 

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