Galatians 5:16
Live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of
the sinful nature.
Thoughts on this verse…
I don't want you to think about an orange rhinoceros flying
with blue wings. Now quit. I don't want you to think about it anymore. You know
there is no such thing as an orange rhino that flies, much less one that flies
on blue wings. Oh course the point is simple: the more we try to not do
something, the more we focus on it and insure we do what we are not supposed to
do. That's why the gift of the Holy Spirit is so important. He enables and
empowers us to move beyond our sin -- not by focusing on it and refusing it,
but by enriching us and "distracting" us with the important things of
God.
Philippians 2:14-16
Do everything without complaining or arguing, so that you may
become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and
depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe as you hold
out the word of life.
Thoughts on this verse...
Stars. They've always been a source of constant hope for
God's people. "Your descendants will be like the stars," God told
Abraham. "When I see the stars, what is man that you are mindful of
him?" the Psalms ask. The Wisemen from the East followed a star to Jesus.
Luke reminds us that Jesus was a star of morning light come to us from heaven
to shine on those in darkness. And now, we're stars. God's points of light in
the dark sky of the universe. So let's make today a day where our light shines
God's glory to a dark world around us.
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