Walk it out

Well, I haven't blogged much this week, but I have definitely had a lot on my mind. I've been trying to let a few verses really saturate in me and I think they are truely taking life.

"For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, set their minds on the things of the Spirit. For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be. So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God." -Romans 8:5-8

For those of you who ADD out like myself, let me break it down for you the way it was broken down for me. First off who really knows what carnally minded means? If you already did then bravo, cause I didn't have a clue. It means "five senses minded". To elaborate, how many of us have had our feeling hurt and because of it, we say or did things we shouldn't have? How many of us have done something "in the moment" because right then and there it felt so right, only the regret it shortly there after. That is being carnally minded. When we are walking in our flesh we want what WE want, what our BODIES want. When we are walking in our spirit, we want what God wants for us.

If you are like me, that really rocked me. I pretty much responded with, "You mean to tell me that I don't have do what my mind and crazy emotions make me think I need to do? That's great news! Now, how do I do it?"

The answer is simple. Once you give your life to Christ, you have a born again spirit as well as the holy spirit. To walk and operate in the spirit means to know, BELIEVE and walk out the words of God. Yeah, that means scripture. If scripture bores you, then you haven't been reading it because you love God, you've probably been forced to read it and never truely taken it as the words of your savior. I highly suggest you taking another stab at it. Highly. Anyway, thought that was nifty and needed to share. So, in conclusion, walk in the spirit, life's much better that way. :)