YOU ARE A SPIRIT

You are a spirit

Man has three components which makes Him up which is the SPIRIT, the SOUL, and the BODY, so Man is a spirit who has a soul which lives in a body, hence, the real person inside of you is the spirit inside of you. When God created man, He made Him in His image and after His own likeness and also the scripture makes us to understand that God is Spirit (John 4:23), meaning that if God is spirit and He actually made us in His image, then we also are spirit beings.

Now, as a believer, the spirit in you has been regenerated at salvation i.e. new birth (2cor 5:17), but that regenerated spirit has to be constantly fed with God’s word to strengthen him. Now, 1pet 2:2 explained that new born babes should desire the sincere milk of the Word for growth. Here the newly recreated spirit in man is being likened to a new born baby who requires the breast milk of the mother for growth, similarly, the newly recreated spirit should not be starved of food just like a baby should not be starved of milk.

At this junction, I will like to state that “what food is to the physical body is what the word of God is to the spirit of a saved man”.

Just the way a hungry man becomes full of life and energy after eating some good food; when the word of God is fed constantly to the spirit, the spirit is REJUVENATED i.e. strengthened and excited and full of new life in Christ, now this life is further transmitted to the soul which entirely refreshes the soul, therefore the mind becomes refreshed, the will becomes more inclined to the things of God, and the emotions are lifted again.

The physical body automatically acts out the deeds of the soul, if the soul has been refreshed by the life from the spirit, then the body acts out the deeds of God e.g. love, joy, peace, meekness, patience, tolerance etc. Otherwise if the soul isn’t refreshed with life, the body acts out the deeds of the flesh e.g. hatred, selfishness, malice etc.

Brother Paul admonished us in Rom 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

Our real personality is actually the spirit inside of us, so we should intentionally strengthen our inner man by meditating in God’s word and praying the word of God which is the will of God.

Whenever you are faced with challenges and situations that are so pressing, the word of God and the strength in your inner man (Spirit) is what determines how you react to such situations.

Dear reader, I would like to end today’s edition of this post by saying that “YOU ARE A SPIRIT”, and the way to strengthen your spirit is by constant meditation in God’s word and prayer.

Kindly pray this prayer and do well to imbibe it into your daily prayers- “Father, grant me, according to the riches of your glory, to be strengthened with might by your Spirit in my inner man; “ Eph 3:16. AMEN.
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 #KEEP FEEDING YOUR SPIRIT AND KEEP GROWING STRONGER