Walk in the Spirit "She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying, How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?" Proverbs 1:21-22 It is possible to clean a pig, but unless you intend to never let it go outside, it is pretty much impossible to keep a pig clean. Anyone who has visited a pig farm has seen them rolling around in the mud . Now for most of us that isn’t our idea of a good time, but the pigs love it. Because pigs have almost no sweat glands, they are prone to overheating. Coating themselves with mud provides relief from the heat. In addition, the mud acts as a kind of sunscreen, protecting pigs from sunburn. Finally, mud gives pigs relief from biting insects that they have no other means of avoiding. The short answer to why pigs roll in the mud is that to pigs it feels good—they like it. When we see people sinning, covering their lives in the filth and muck of the world, we sometimes wonder why they choose that. The simple answer is that because of our fallen nature, sin is attractive. Even though it may stink, at least figuratively and sometimes literally, it feels good to the sin nature to be covered in sin. Though we have been given a new nature as Christians, we still have the flesh and old patterns and desires. Left unchecked, our flesh will draw us back to the mire of sin, just as pigs are drawn to mud. To counter this effect, we have the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit. Paul wrote, “This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh” (Galatians 5:16). Walking in the spirit means your lifestyle. The book of Genesis says Enoch walked with God and Noah walked with God. The moment you trust Jesus Christ as your savior you become a Christian and you need to walk in the spirit. The basic principle of walking in the spirit is to study the word of God, pray and obey the word of God. You need to keep your mind on spiritual things or our flesh will draw us back to the mire of sin, just as pigs are drawn to mud. Today’s Proverbs Precept: Our love for God and the presence of His Holy Spirit work together to make sin revolting to us.
Posted on: Tue, 08 Oct 2013 05:17:27 +0000
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