Life in the Spirit or life in the flesh, we all have a choice to make everyday. It is similar to the glass half empty or half full illustration I used in a previous post. Life in the Spirit is a great place to walk every day, but how does one get there. Does it happen overnight? How can I attain it? Life in the Spirit!

What have you heard about the Lord Jesus Christ? Of all that you have heard, what do you know to be the truth? Why? Have you personally studied His Word or do you believe what you’ve heard someone else say? All of these things matter if you want to live your life in the Spirit. First of all, we can’t live our lives on someone else’s faith. It just doesn’t happen. Ultimately, another human being will fail us. There is only One Who is perfect and only One Who will never leave us and His name is Jesus Christ. We need to get to know Him personally.

What is life in the flesh? This is living according to our own beliefs, standards, others opinions, doctrines, the law and everything else written and expressed by man. Life in the Spirit, on the contrary, is based upon the truth, grace, mercy, love, and all the attributes of Holy Spirit. Life in the Spirit is when we walk on a path that is above the snakeline. Even in the natural, there is a limit to how high of an altitude snakes will live. It is also true in the spirit. Take a journey through the Bible and focus on the lives of the patriarchs, the prophets and the disciples. They operated in a realm that was higher than the standards of the normal people around them.

We can live in a place of total trust and reliance on the truth that the Lord is in control of our lives, if we have surrendered and given Him our lives. We can live like a child does with its parents in total trust, confidence and protection. If we hold back areas of our lives from Him because of fear, these areas are exposed to the enemy. Fear is the opposite of love, because the word says that perfect love casts out all fear. Where we have fear in our lives, we haven’t opened up and let His love come in. The more we become wrapped in His love, the higher the path we walk. When we attain that level of love where we are confident in His ability and desire to protect and love us, there is absolutely nothing the enemy can do to hurt us. We become totally dead to the ways of this world, but totally alive in Him. We can see with His eyes and feel with His heart. Our understanding takes on a different perspective because we start to see things from His view. His ways are higher than ours and His thoughts are too.

I have admitted many times all of the fears I used to walk with because of the things I’ve walked through. It took a long time to get to a place of faith. It took me a long time to come to the realization that Father really loved me and that He wouldn’t ever reject me. Each trial I walked through with Him increased my faith, because it didn’t matter how many turned away from me and rejected me, He stayed by my side and loved me. This is what changed me. This is why I am so compassionate that others experience His love. I know that if they can just get a taste or a glimpse, they won’t stop until they get it all. It will change your life and you’ll never be the same. The emptiness inside will be gone forever and love will take its place.

This is why I write posts, books, music and create the artwork I do. I want everyone to at least have a chance to taste of His goodness, to experience His love and walk down this path called Life. In my opinion, there is nothing greater than to know that we are loved, accepted and that we have a purpose and a destiny. The Lord created us for greatness, why would we want to accept second best.

Come on, reach down inside and with all of your strength and dare to believe. Reach out for your miracle and don’t stop until you get it. It’s yours, don’t let anyone steal it from you with their opinions, doctrines and false teachings. Look for the truth, search for it with all of your heart and you will find it. May you have an absolutely wonderful day today. If you want an encouraging wallpaper, just click here and download it free. Focus on Him and everything else will lose its hold on you. He loves you. Do you know it?

Joseph