“Since we live by the
Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.”
Galatians 5:25
A precision drill
team (like that highlighted in the video at the end of today’s blog) practices for
untold hours to perfect their timing and their coordination between team
members.
They make it look
easy but it is the result of hard work and long hours.
A single misstep and
someone could be hurt very badly.
I suppose the
opposite of this team might be the hapless soldier who, try as he might, simply
cannot stay in step with his fellow soldiers.
If you are old enough
and can remember a T.V. series called “Gomer Pyle” you will recall the opening
scene as Gomer struggles to get in step with the others.
We are told to keep
in step with the Spirit?
Why?
Is it just so we look
good?
No.
Jesus never ‘stepped
out’ on His own.
He was always in step
with the Holy Spirit and consequently,
in obedience to the
will of the Father.
We are told in
Galatians 5:16 -
“… walk by the
Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.”
We do not keep in
step with God’s Spirit just to look good.
It is, in fact, life
or death for us.
That person who only
gratifies his or her flesh is not a man or woman after the things of God.
Walk by the Spirit,
keep in step with the Spirit.
He was given to you
and I to guide us into all truth.
He is well able to
keep you from falling as you keep in step with Him!
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