“Spirit, Take Control”
Tuesday, October 15, 2024Key Verse
“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.” Galatians 5:17
Text — Galatians 5:16-18
Message
In about the middle of year 2022, a frightening story was reported of a pilot and his co pilot who engaged one another in a fight in the cockpit of a plane with many passengers on board. Such action could lead to a plane crash. Perhaps they were fighting for control. The passengers had to rush in to settle the quarrel and made sure the Pilot gained control. Their lives were in grave danger until the rightful person took control.
Our Bible passage explains that two opposing “unseen persons” are struggling to take control of your life. Each of them wants to control what you think, say and do. One is called the Spirit and the other is called the Flesh.
One wants to lead you to life in heaven while the other wants to lead you to death and take you to hell. To be able to do the things you ought to do and please God, the rightful “person” must be in control. But you are the one to choose who controls your life at a given time. Today, obey the Spirit of God as He directs you to say and do what is godly.
Further Reading
Matthew 6:27-34
Prayer for today
Spirit of the Living God, please, take control of my life.
About Author - Pastor W.F. Kumuyi
Listed among “500 most powerful people on the planet” by the Foreign Policy magazine in 2013, Pastor (Dr.) William F. Kumuyi is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry (DCLM) headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. DCLM started in 1973 as a 15-member Bible study group right in Kumuyi’s apartment at University of Lagos where he was a lecturer. His revolutionary Bible teaching on personal holiness and commitment to evangelism soon gained so much traction and resulted in a widespread revival.
