“No, I strike a blow to my body and make it my slave...”
I Corinthians 9:27a
Paul knew that his body needed to be brought under
subjection to his spirit and to the Spirit of God.
Too often, in our own lives, we might rewrite the
verse above to read this way:
No, I beat my
spirit and make it my slave.
In our weakness we turn Paul’s instruction on its’
head.
We give priority and preeminence to our bodies at the
expense of our spirits.
This, when done, magnifies the physical over the
spiritual in our lives.
Then we question why we do not hear more clearly or
more frequently from the Spirit of God.
We have chosen the body over the spirit time after time
and grown accustomed to satisfying its’ demands.
We quickly know how to satiate the cravings of the
flesh but are at a loss to the things of God because our hearing has become
dull.
Learn, as Paul did, to daily bring your body into
submission to the spirit.
As you do you will recognize an increased sensitivity
to the Spirit of God.
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