THE VOICE OF TRUTH.
📍How much of GOD is in you – the way you TALK, ACT and REACT?
The amount of God in your words, actions, and reactions is directly proportional to how much you allow the Holy Spirit to guide you rather than relying on selfish impulses, with the goal of living as a “citizen of Heaven”. It is measured by reflecting His character—patience, Love, and truth—especially under stress.
- In Your Talk: God is present when you are quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger. It involves replacing harsh, impulsive words with gracious, thoughtful, and truthful communication.
- In Your Actions: God is reflected when your behavior serves as a testimony of faith, letting your light shine through integrity and kindness.
- In Your Reactions: Rather than reacting in anger, fear, or judgment, God is in you when you choose to respond with peace and patience, even when mistreated.
Ultimately, it is a daily journey of surrendering your, “ways” (which are not God’s ways) to act with divine, rather than human nature.
📍Lord, let them see You in me – what a candid and profound prayer!
Is this your prayer in life? Notably our PRAYERS and AMBITIONS always go together and each consequentialy affects the other. Hence many of our prayers are pending! For if it’s not about God, it will end up a huge immovable weight on one’s spirit! And this scatters one’s destiny!
In reality, God must envelops and be ordering every one of our steps; in words and deed. Mind you! The world is watching silently; allow them to see Christ in us. A person who carries The Holy Spirit will demonstrate His fruit as sampled in Galatians- 5:22-26.
Galatians 5:22-26 describes the “Fruit of the Spirit”—Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control—as the behavioral result of living by the Holy Spirit rather than selfish desires. Those belonging to Christ have “crucified” their lower nature, and are called to walk in step with the Spirit to avoid conceit and envy.
Key Details and Context:
- The Fruit: The ninefold fruit (Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control) represents the character of Christ produced in believers.
- Contrast with Flesh: These qualities contrast with the “works of the flesh” mentioned earlier in the chapter, which are driven by selfish, sinful nature.
- Application: Because believers live by the Spirit, they are urged to “keep in step” with the Spirit in their daily lives.
- Community Impact: The passage concludes with a warning against becoming conceited, provoking, or envying one another, promoting a community of humility and love.
Which of your characters are of God?
What’s next? Will God be where we are? Do we relate with people like Him? Do we Love like Him? How disciplined are we? How is our temper and many more of our characteristics … We surely need to be processed and discipled by Him for these as we naturally prefers to express our self and acquisitions – let’s learn from these!
May we live for God, Amen.🙏🔥