Thought For Today! Consciously Develop Your Spirit

Posted on September 17, 2012 by Christ Embassy Online

But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed (James 1:25).

As a child of God, you must become conscious that you are from above and that you have the life and nature of God at work in you. Except and unless you have this consciousness, you’d find that you’d live the ordinary human life. Don’t forget that everyone born into this world has the capacity in them to live the ordinary human life. Without this consciousness, you might just live the human life without realising that you could live the NEW life that Christ gave you.

Most people, including many Christians live the ordinary life; they live according to their mental processes and senses. They have become conscious of their environment and live according to the rules and rudiments of this world and speak the language of this world. But as a child of God, He wants you to have the consciousness that you are not of this world and you have a spiritual life. He wants you to let your spirit man have the dominion over your body and the rule over its senses. This is why am sharing with you today on how to develop (strengthen and position) your spirit to have the mastery over the flesh.

In order to develop your spirit, you must practise the Word of God. Practising the Word is doing what the Word says to do. Maybe you don’t have any money on you and you’re worried about what you will eat and wear, plus all these, your rent is due. What you need to do at this point is to take your eyes off your needs and practise Philippians 4:6; “Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything: tell God your needs, and don’t forget to thank him for his answers” (TLB).

When you make God and His Word the first resort in your life, your attitude to life will change and you’ll reap what the Word says. As you practise the Word, worry, doubt, fear and unbelief will be removed from you, and new words of faith and success will fill your mouth. Refuse to complain and murmur about your situation, for complainers have no place in the Word of God. Your response to the Word of God is so important as faith is the response of the human spirit to the Word of God. Make a quality decision today to practise the Word no matter the challenge you’re going through. This way, you’ll strengthen and position your spirit to have the mastery over the flesh always. Praise the Lord!