Who is leading you

God Morning! Welcome to the Spanduvilous Dailies with me, David Mitchell II, on this hump day Wednesday September 2, 2009. Yesterday we spoke about the “voice of reason” from Romans 8:1-3 and now I would like to share with you the other half of that message, "Who is leading you?" Well, who is leading you? Who wakes you up every morning? Who orders your every step? Who puts you in every test so that you can have a testimony? And who fuels the thoughts that roam through your head? These questions are ones that we should have a very clear answer. The answer is either going to be the flesh or the Spirit. Who's leading you? Are you in a committed relationship and you just can’t seem to stop cheating on your mate, even though you say you didn’t mean to. That’s the flesh. Or are people constantly making sexual advances toward you and you politely turn them down because you are in a committed relationship or waiting for marriage. Well thats just one example of many to determine who is leading you. Friends we have to learn the laws of righteousness. The carnal mind will only fuel the desires of the flesh to feed upon, but the spiritual mind will suppress those desires and warn us of unwarranted problems ahead. Notice I did not say that if we have a spiritual mind that we wouldn’t have those same carnal thoughts. Remember the mind is the Devil’s playground, but its up to us if we’re going to let him play in the playground. Even though we have those thoughts doesn’t mean that we have to entertain the thoughts. You understand, we don’t have to invite those thoughts in and offer them a drink. The spiritual minded person will immediately cast them out and push pass the seductive temptation. So, I ask you again, “Who is leading you?” Please read Romans 8:4-14 KJV

That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. SO then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His. And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you. Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.