“13For if you live according to the sinful nature, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live, 14because those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.”
--Romans 8: 13 &14
(NIV emphasis added)
“35Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed.”
--Mark 1: 35
Let’s imagine that you are sitting on a dune at the beach. It’s a chilly, windy, winter morning. You are all alone sipping a cup of coffee. You are enjoying the sound of the waves pounding the shore and the seagulls crying overhead when someone slowly walks past you on the way to the water. It’s a man wearing a wetsuit and carrying a surfboard, and before he even gets into the water you know that he’s a SURFER.
But, what does a CHRISTIAN look like? Mercifully, there aren’t the same dress code requirements as the SURFER, but a CHRISTIAN should still look different from the world. Where does that difference start? It starts in the spirit. CHRISTIANS are first and foremost spirit people, and the Holy Spirit should lead our lives.
Now, this may seem like a silly question but when you rolled out of bed in the morning did you leave your spirit under the sheets? No, your spirit came with you. Did you leave the Holy Spirit warm and toasty under the covers? No, God came with you, and he should be in charge of ALL of our days.
Let’s go back to our dune on the beach for a moment. What do you suppose a spirit person is doing alone early in the morning on the beach? Hopefully a spirit person is praying, worshipping, reading the Bible, and listening to God. So, when the SURFER walks by he sees a CHRISTIAN.
Let me close in prayer. Daddy, I come to you in the name of Jesus, and I ask that you would help everyone who reads this blog to grasp the reality that a CHRISTIAN looks different from the world and that difference starts in the Spirit. I receive this in Jesus’ name – amen.
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