God is a spirit and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth (John 4:24). If we lack knowledge of God's word we can't worship him, because he is a spirit. We also can't walk in the Spirit if we lack knowledge of him. God is Spirit and the father of all spirits (Hebrews 12:9)
Weather we like it or not, we are either walking in the flesh or in the Spirit. There's no middle ground. We can't have one foot in the world and the other in God's Kingdom, it's all or nothing. Some may find this difficult to comprehend because they don't know what it means to walk in the spirit or why it is important.
How do you walk in the spirit?
It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. John 6:63
God's word is Spirit when we believe in him and do what he says, we are walking in the Spirit. The flesh wants to gain control over us and the Spirit also wants control, but the choice lies within us (Romans 6:16-17). What do we listen to, God's word or what the world or the flesh tells us? If we yield to the flesh we are under its control, but if we yield ourselves to the Spirit then we are walking in the Spirit.
Because God's word is Spirit we must constantly sow God's word into our spirit so that we can walk in the Spirit. If you're constantly reaping things such as lies, cursing, hatred, fornication, it is because you have been sowing to your flesh (Galatians 5:19-21, Colossians 3:16, Galatians 6:7-8).
In order to reap the things of the Spirit and live a holy and righteous life, what we sow or plant into our lives must be of the Spirit, this will in turn lead to spiritual growth.
We don't grow because we don't get God's word into us, we should sow with our time and put our focus towards the things of God. Not giving our time to God, can result in the voices from the world around us overwhelming God's spirit in our lives. They become the main source of influence and make it harder to hear God's voice.
Sowing to the spirit will take us into a realm that we've never been to before. In fact, we will get to a place where the truth of God's word is so real, the Spirit of God will rise up on the inside of us and we'll do things we've never done before.
Whether good or bad, we are influenced by every piece of information that we receive what we act upon is what we will reap in our lives.
David said,
Your word is a lamb unto my path. Psalm 119:105
The path that we take is based either upon God's word or worldly information. When we look to the things of God, it's not enough to just hear, but we need to apply it so that it becomes a powerful fruit.
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