You Are What You Eat

My Utmost For His Highest

 

‘The idea all through the apostle Paul's writings is that after the moral decision to be identified with Jesus in His death has been made, the resurrection life of Jesus invades every bit of my human nature. It takes omnipotence [the Holy Spirit] to live the life of the Son of God in mortal flesh. The Holy Spirit cannot be located as a Guest in a house, He invades everything. When once I decide that my "old man" (i.e., the heredity of sin) should be identified with the death of Jesus, then the Holy Spirit invades me. He takes charge of everything, my part is to walk in the light and to obey all that He reveals. When I have made the moral decision about sin, it is easy to reckon actually that I am dead unto sin, because I find the life of Jesus there all the time. Just as there is only one stamp of humanity, so there is only one stamp of holiness, the holiness of Jesus, and it is His holiness that is gifted to me. God puts the holiness of His Son into me, and I belong to a new order spiritually.’ CHAMBERS

 

When we put our faith in Christ, the Holy Spirit takes up residence in us.  The Spirit is absolutely essential to our living the new life we have been given.  In the same way that we could not live in obedience to the Word of God before our salvation .. we cannot live in obedience to the Word of God apart from the power of the Holy Spirit in us.  But we do have to allow the Spirit it work in us.  Do you remember the day that you said “yes” to Jesus?  There are undeniable changes that take place in a person’s life when they are born again.  New devotions and desires.  But, the reality of our old nature wanting to rise up is ever present.  There is a struggle … the question is, who will you submit to?  Your old nature or the Spirit within you?  There is an old saying “You are what you eat”.  What are you allowing into your life .. into your thoughts … if you are continuing a daily diet of the world and what it has to offer into your mind, then don’t be surprised when you find that you have drifted away from God and faith.  Do you condemn fornication when you read about it in the Bible or hear about it from the pulpit and then watch examples of it on TV and in movies and consider it entertainment?  Even enjoyment?  Do you consider watching people being shot and blown up on television and in the movies entertainment and then wonder why people have become numb towards the violence that dominates our culture in the United States? Something my Dad (Don Pierson) would say is “Let’s see what the Word has to say about it?

 

Philippians 4:8-9 “Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.”

 

Bondye Beni Ou (God Bless You)