SPIRIT MEAT JULY 19TH 2020 - HAVE NO CONFIDENCE IN THE FLESH (2) - PHILIPPIANS 3:3, 1 SAMUEL 16:7

We started looking at the subject of not having confidence in the flesh yesterday and we will continue today. God wants us to place priority on the development of our spirit. If you look at the experience of Samuel in the house of Jesse, he was almost moved by the flesh, having considered the eldest son of Jesse with the senses. Samuel was not a frivolous prophet of God. His prophetic accuracy was second to none (1 Samuel 3:19). He almost anointed the wrong man, but he was saved by the development of his spirit. It was his sensitivity to the Holy Spirit that overruled what he was considering with the human senses.

There are human beings that have the best of natural abilities and features that God will never choose. For a man that is carnally-minded, he would have considered such individuals and put them in critical positions before he knew he had made a wrong choice. A man that will go far with God and make less mistakes in life will submit to the leadership of the Holy Spirit. In the world, maturity is seen by increasing independence from your parents but in God, maturity is seen in increasing dependence on Him.

The truth about the future is that your body and your soul don't know anything about it. Everything that you can do is just a projection and there's no accuracy in that. It's like a game of chance (may or may not) and you can't live your future based on chance. That's why God wants us to know the Holy Spirit.

 

PRAYER: I receive grace to continually depend on the Holy Spirit as He leads me into the future. Amen!

BIBLE IN A YEAR: 1 Chronicles 28:1-29:30, Romans 5:6-21, Psalm 15:1-5, Proverbs 19:18-19

 

SPIRIT MEAT is a daily devotional guide by Rev. and Rev. (Mrs) Olusola Areogun of Life Oasis International Church.