God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth (John 4:24).
Just as God is a Spirit, man is also a spirit, and was made in the image and in the likeness of God. Thus, your body isnβt you; itβs your house, the home of your spirit. Your physical eyes canβt see by themselves; theyβre windows through which your spirit sees the world around you.
Romans 12:1 says, βI beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.β If your body were the real you, how then would you be able to present it to God? Who would do the βpresenting,β seeing that your body is what YOU are to present? This lets you know thereβs more to you than your physical body; youβre a spirit being.
The real you is who Peter calls the β…hidden man of the heartβ (1 Peter 3:4). Heβs the same one the Apostle Paul calls the βinward manβ (2 Corinthians 4:16). The inward man is the human spirit; the one who canβt be seen with the physical eyes. The βoutward manβ is the body with its five senses. The real βyouβ is the inward man, not the outward man. When you speak, itβs the inward man that talks through your mouth.
Too many are only concerned about whatβs going on in their bodies, not giving the required attention to developing and educating their spirits. The man inside, your spirit, is the one that God deals with and relates to, not the physical body. The Lord relates with your spirit in leading and guiding you; He contacts you through your spirit. Walk in this consciousness, and live beyond physical circumstances.
Your spirit is where the life of God resides. When you received the Holy Spirit, He mingled with your spirit and became one with your spirit, in an inseparable union (1 Corinthians 6:17). Now you can better understand why your spirit is what really matters to God. Itβs important to learn how to function from your spirit, and the way to do this is to keep your focus on the Word of God, and live from inside out, refusing to be moved by the dictates of your physical senses.
PRAYER
Dear Father, I thank you for your light in my spirit; I live from inside out, fully conscious of your life and glory in me. I refuse to be moved by the dictates of my physical senses, but keep my focus on your eternal Word by which Iβm transformed from glory to glory, in Jesusβ Name. Amen.
FURTHER STUDY:
Philippians 3:3 For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.
2 Corinthians 4:16 For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward [man] is renewed day by day.
Proverbs 20:27 NKJV The spirit of a man [is] the lamp of the LORD, Searching all the inner depths of his heart.
1-Year Bible Reading Plan
1 Corinthians 1 & Psalms 104-106
2-Year Bible Reading Plan
Philippians 3:13-21 & Jeremiah 1
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