Yesterday I was speaking to my pastor and we were discussing walking in the spirit and God spoke so plain to my heart about this very subject. I have asked myself so many times " how do i walk in the spirit". As you know I like to put things very simple and plain so that these words can be easy to understand.
If you are not walking in the spirit, you are walking in the flesh. This is a very simple process. When we are walking in the spirit we are not subjected to the things of this world, we listen to the holy spirit and follow the right path. The second you see yourself doing the things of this world, you have went away from walking with the spirit. Here is an example. You have a busy job and you have 4 people come in at the same time and start telling you they need your assistance and you start to feel frustration rise up in your flesh and this is a decision you will have to make; will you walk by the flesh and get frustrated and tell everyone to get out of your office or accidentally upset someone or do you walk by the spirit and push the frustration down and be bold and get the issues and write them down and prioritize them and work out a resolution and take care of business. This is the difference in walking in the spirit and flesh.
Every decision we make will tell your life whether you are walking in the spirit or the flesh.
Now will you just automatically do this, some might be able too but i know even for myself it takes disciple and commitment to God to walk by the spirit. We first need to start in prayer and pray that God will keep His mighty hand upon us and allow extra grace to walk in the spirit. As soon as you start to walk in the spirit, you will be attacked by the very weaknesses you have had in life. We must be over comers of the evil things of this world.
My prayer today is we start to examine our lives and start to walk in love, giving, gentleness, meekness, the spirit. I pray that all of you will trust God to do this .