DO YOU BEAR THE FRUIT OF WALKING IN THE SPIRIT?
The apostle Paul wrote to the Galatian church to teach them the difference between walking in the flesh and walking in the Spirit. The word “walking,” means “living.” It is that which both motivates and marks one’s life. Paul taught that those who live by the flesh would display sinful works, but those who live by the Spirit would bear the “fruit of the Spirit.”
Notice that the word “fruit” is singular. One might say that it is one fruit with nine seeds, each a part of a triad of triads, with each trait emerging from the previous one. These are not works. Those who walk in the flesh produce sinful works. These are the fruit of the Spirit. We can’t do them without the Spirit of Christ. They are evidence of being connected to the Vine. For a branch cannot produce fruit without abiding in the vine. Abiding in Christ the Vine, we increasingly bear these character traits, the chief of which is love.
How do you plan to walk today?
PRAYER: Dear Father, feel us with a fresh anointing of your Spirit today that we might live by Him, producing the fruit of the Spirit. Examine us and reveal to us those places where we are walking in the flesh that we might repent and confess, so that You might forgive and cleanse us. Help us to abide in Christ today. In Jesus’ name, amen.