CONFLICTING VOICES
Gal. 5:16-18 So I advise you to live according to your new life in
the Holy Spirit. Then you won't be doing what your sinful nature craves. The
old sinful nature loves to do evil, which is just opposite from what the Holy
Spirit wants. And the Spirit gives us desires that are opposite from what the
sinful nature desires. These two forces are constantly fighting each other, and
your choices are never free from this conflict. But when you are directed by
the Holy Spirit, you are no longer under the law. NLT
News flash! If we
live according to the life we have in Christ, we won't do what our sinful
nature wants us to do! The more determined we are to live godly lives, the more
resistance we will have against sin. We fall into sin when we let down our
guard and listen to our sinful urges. We will not be overcome by sin when we
are overcome by the life of the Holy Spirit who lives in us.
The Spirit gives us
a desire for God and a desire to please Him. Our sinful nature does not want us
to follow the Spirit's leading in us. Satan will do everything he can to drown
out the Spirit's voice in us. We control the volume. We choose whom we will
listen to the most, God or Satan. You will never get anywhere in your walk with
the Lord as long as you listen to the voice of Satan. And be assured, the more
determined you are to listen to God, the more determined Satan will be to drown
out His voice. Satan is a master at distractions and we must be on our guard
and not allow him to drown out God's voice.
There is a constant
warfare going on in us to see who gets the airtime. Who are you listening to,
God or Satan?
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