We are funny people! We say that because, as we remove ourselves in the Spirit and look at the Flesh, it’s an awefully funny site! Seriously, in the flesh, one day can be an awesome day and the next day you would think our world came to an end. How can that be? The answer is simple enough‚ The Flesh!
If we are cognizant of this fact, then we are also endowed with the Power from on High to change that. This is accomplished by walking, breathing, talking, thinking, and living, in the presence of the Holy Spirit. A friend of mine once said something to this effect, “If you think Satan comes against you now, you ain’t seen nothing yet, wait till you get Baptized in the Holy Spirit!” It is true!
“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy!”
John 10:10
When you receive the anointing of the Holy Spirit in your life by the sacrificial blood of the Lamb, the Lord Jesus Christ, you immediately become an enemy and are placed on Hells Most Wanted list! Satan is a liar! My father always said this, “if a man will lie to you, he will steal from you, and if a man will steal from you, he will lie to you”. This old saying is scripturally true! For Satan is both a liar and a thief! He seeks to steal your joy (the first fruits), kill your spirit (his supernatural enemy, the Holy Spirit), and destroy your hope (Jesus Christ, his Jailor).
No wonder we are up one day and down the next! Our desire is to be filled with the Holy Spirit 24/7, but our flesh is like a frenzy of Pirahnas furiously tearing at our every weakness! Wake up! Wake up! and do not give the devil a foothold! And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you. When will I learn to trust in the words of God!
“This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.”
It’s one thing for us to say, “I am baptized in the Holy Spirit”, yet it is an entirely different thing for me to actually live by that Spirit!