YOUR PERSONAL SPIRITUAL GARDEN

3-16-13

S. Galations 6:8 For he who sows to his own flesh (lower nature, sensuality) will from the flesh reap decay and ruin and destruction, but he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.

O. Scatter seed, what can grow, into the ungodly part of yourself, and it will cause you to decay and die. Scatter seed, what can grow, toward what makes you alive in God (Holy Spirit), and Holy Spirit will increase your 'alive-ness'...forever.

A. Nothing I can do can make me more 'alive' inside. And even if I tried to make my inside happy, it wouldn't last long. But Holy Spirit knows how to make things full of life...He is spirit, and that IS life/aliveness. When I sew into HIM, He sews life back into my spirit...making me full of:

life, aliveness, vital principle by which the body is animated , mental disposition, rational spirit, the power by which the human being feels, thinks, decides; the soul; a simple essence, devoid of all or at least all grosser matter and possessed of the power of knowing, desiring, deciding, and acting; a life giving spirit; a spirit higher than man but lower than God, i.e. an angel;the spiritual nature of Christ, higher than the highest angels and equal to God, the divine nature of Christ; the disposition or influence which fills and governs the soul of any one; the efficient source of any power, affection, emotion, desire, etc.

So this is the answer to inner tranquility. The next question would be...HOW?

P. Father, You alone know what my spirit craves. Help me to find all that will fill me up with You...show me HOW! How do I 'sew into Holy Spirit'? Time? Prayer? Listening? CHANGING MY THINKING? Submitting? Please show me the way.