Galatians 5:16

Live by the Spirit is the command. What does this mean? How can I do it? How does it work? Obviously the purpose of this is to bear the fruit v22.

I guess that for me this is a time of re-examining the role of the Holy Spirit in my life. Do I walk with him? Do I allow him to guide me? or do I seek his voice throughout the day?

v25 since we live by the Spirit let us keep in step with Him. Our walk must be a full relationship. The NIV study notes say that the "live by" verb is continual, to go on living by the Spirit, living by the promptings and power of the spirit. This is easily enough done if I keep my mind on listening out for Him! This is key to conquering the sinful desires of the flesh.

Rom 8:2 and 4. That chapter is a description of a life walking in the fulness of the spirit! To live by the spirit is to be Rom 8!! Oswald Chambers speaks of Rom 8 as being the highest pinnacle of christian life (or something like that)

2Cor 5:17 we are new creations once we have the spirit!

And my favourite verse purely for its poetry John 3:8. What a challenge that is, to live like the wind being blown by the spirit with noone knowing which way it will blow!

1 Samuel 15

The basic message that I read into this was that of obedience to what God has laid before me. Saul did not completely destroy the Amelakites but rather saves the King and keeps the best cattle for a sacrifice. But God tells Samuel that he is not happy with that. There have been many times in my life (including recently) that I have not fully obeyed God and even times when I have refused to completely destroy something from my life, to cut it all out, some root has always remained. But that is disobedience. It keeps me from being the person that I could be.
God says in verse 22 that he prefers obedience to sacrifice, he likes us to do what he knows is best rather than what we think he wants!
The call is for obedience, this will allow me to fullfill my purpose and destiny in God! I should be totally sold out for acomplishing the things God has laid before me and not hold back until that has been achieved.

Studies

Been having a great couple of days with God and the word and am really going for it at the moment after a quiet spell, (why am I so up and down?).

I wanted to make a few notes here about some of the things I have been reading and praying through for further future reference.

Ouch

Man I have been so busy in the last few weeks. I have been camping with the school and organising a science fair as well as having my vasectomy, ouch! Still all better now!