A Premium On The Spirit
For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is
profitable unto all things, having promise of the life
that now is, and of that which is to come
(1 Timothy 4:8).
Some people claim to be making progress spiritually, yet
their lives are full of ups and downs. “My spiritual life is okay,
but I have problems in my business,” some may say.
This ought not to be.
God expects us to make spiritual progress always.
He expects us to grow. If you can make spiritual progress,
progress in every other area of your life is absolutely assured,
because the spiritual controls the physical.
Your spiritual life means much more than prayer, Bible study,
winning souls, or going to church.
Galatians 5:25 says, “If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk
in the Spirit.” To walk in the Spirit means that everything you do:
thinking, talking, seeing, eating and so on, must be from the light
of His Word. As you continually place your health, family, business,
and finances under the light of God, God’s Word will give you total balance,
and your life will be a declaration of the whole counsel of God.
Ensure to always give your spiritual life the priority it deserves.
If your physical life is wonderful and you’ve achieved material and
emotional success without giving attention to your spiritual walk,
it won’t take too long before those areas are jeopardized.
Remember, you’re not a physical being, but primarily a spirit being.
Therefore, if your spiritual life isn’t together, you’ll have problems in
all other areas sooner or later. But once it is working out well, it will produce
the life that’s needed in every other thing about you.
Prayer
Dear Father, I thank you, for as I meditate on the Word, I’m
changed, from glory to glory. I make progress in every area of
my life: in my health, finances, business and academics; I make
progress spiritually, in the Name of the Lord Jesus. Amen.
Further study:
1 Timothy 4:7-8; Galatians 5:16
1-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
Psalms 38-41
Romans 2:1-29
2-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
Luke 11:27-36
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