How to Walk in the Spirit

Read Galatians 5:16-25; John 14:9; 15:5; Colossians 1:15, 19
To walk in the Spirit is to be in such a relationship with God that what He desires to do, I will do. As we walk in the Spirit, the life of God Himself is lived out on this planet.

Jesus, as a man, is a perfect example of someone who walks in the Spirit. The disciples were around him one day and He was explaining great truths to them. He talked to them about the Father and Phillip asked Him to show them the Father. Read Jesus' reply.

Read John 14:9 Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? 10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on My own authority; but the Father who dwells in Me does the works. 11 Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father in Me, or else believe Me for the sake of the works themselves.

Jesus could say that He had lived a life which was so in tune with His Father that really all they had seen was the Father living through Him. He was the perfect expression, perfect image of the invisible God!

What does walking in the Spirit mean?

What will someone walking in the Spirit look like?
Pretend that you are being asked by an unbeliever about who this Jesus is that you keep talking about. You invite the unbeliever to stay with you for a while. As he is staying with you he watches how you behave, he sees your performance. He observes your relationship with your Lord. He sees how you pray, how you talk, how you play, how you care for people, how you worship, etc.
At the end of the time together, you again speak to your friend about Jesus. And he says, "I will believe in Him, just show Him to me." You should be able to respond with the words of our Lord. "Have I been so long with you, and you have not seen Him or come to know him?"

We are not the exact image of Jesus, in performance because we are still housed in this unredeemed body but there should be some of Christ's divine nature coming through. We should be able to tell him, "Have not you been able to see that the good which you see in me, is the expression of my Lord living through me?"

As we walk in the Spirit we will not fulfill the lust of the flesh. Notice that it does not say, "Don't fulfill the lust of the flesh so you can walk in the Spirit." Remember Christian life is always won from the positive never the negative. The world tries to control life by do's and don't's, Christ controls lives by relationship with Himself.

To walk in the Spirit, will have us begin to display the very character of Christ Himself. Others will begin to notice the change. The goodness of Christ living through us will be revealed to those around us and they will praise our Father in heaven because of it.

Thank God you were called to be His child.


God's Filling Of The Holy Spirit

You can experience God's filling off the Holy Spirit right now.
You must first desire to be filled. To be guided and empowered by the Lord as He reveals to your inner man what He will do in and through you.

In prayer, confess your sin before Him. Listen to the Holy Spirit, He will reveal to you what you should confess and talk to Him about. Openly admitting to God where you walked according to the flesh, is critical. Where you let sin empower your body and mind so that your flesh sought meaning in life outside of Christ.

Now fully yield every area of your body and mind to God. Every member of your personhood should desire to live for God.

By faith or trust in who God is you are filled with the Holy Spirit. The filling of God does not depend on feelings, but faith. Feelings of joy, or peace, or boldness, etc. may be there but if they are not it does not mean you are not filled with the Holy Spirit. You asked for His filling and now by faith believe you have been filled.

Now thank him!