Walk in the Spirit

Galatians 5:16 "This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh."

Walk: "to make one's way, progress; to make due use of opportunities. Hebrew for: to live, to regulate one's life, to conduct one's self, to pass one's life."

Walking in the Spirit is an all-encompassing thing. Paul is not just talking about going to church and reading your Bible. Walking in the Spirit means that our life is spent walking in the Spirit. That is what we do with our time both actively and passively.

So what does that look like? Well obviously walking (living and conducting ourselves) in the Spirit looks like not fulfilling the lusts of the flesh as listed further in the passage. It also looks like love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, and temperance naturally flow from our actions. The Bible says these things are fruit of the Spirit, meaning that they naturally grow out of walking in the Spirit. You cannot force fruit to grow through will power. All it takes is the right seed and the right cultivation, and the fruit naturally comes.

Am I walking in the Spirit today? What fruit do I see coming from my life?