Pleasing God

Hello everyone,

 

How are you doing on this day? I hope well and bubbling in the Lord. The Bible tells us to “Take delight in the LORD, and He will give you your heart’s desires.” Psalm 37v4 (NLT). Are you allowing God to be your full sufficiency or are you allowing your carnal self to dominate your lifestyle?

 

Primary Text

““Now the mind of the flesh [which is sense and reason without the Holy Spirit] is death [death that comprises all the miseries arising from sin, both here and hereafter]. But the mind of the [Holy] Spirit is life and [soul] peace [both now and forever]. [That is] because the mind of the flesh [with its carnal thoughts and purposes] is hostile to God, for it does not submit itself to God’s Law; indeed it cannot. So then those who are living the life of the flesh [catering to the appetites and impulses of their carnal nature] cannot please or satisfy God, or be acceptable to Him.” Romans 8v6-8 (AMP)

 

Beloved, are you ignoring God by placing yourself, your will and your desires above Him. The fact is that the sinful nature cannot obey God’s law, and it cannot submit itself to God. For instance, the Bible tells us that you cannot serve God and mammon – you will love the one and hate the other. You can’t be in between. We know too that friendship with the world is enmity with God. But as children of God, we are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells on the inside of us (Romans 8v9). Through the Spirit of God, we are therefore enabled to live a life that overcomes the flesh.  

 

Prayer

Father, I thank You for Your Word in Jesus name, amen. Thank You for Your Spirit in us o God. I pray for more grace to stand for You and yield to You and be completely sold out for You in Jesus name, amen.