APRIL 17, Galatians 5:22-23

After a heavy meal, would you feel like eating more of the same food? Probably not. However, this is not the case for spiritual food. Matthew 5:6 teaches us that if we hunger and thirst after righteousness, we shall be filled. Does that mean after we are filled, we do not hunger and thirst for more spiritual food? No! If we are true Christians, we would want to be right with God and do the right things. And when we do that, we would want to do more of that as we become more and more righteous. That is how a Christian grows spiritually.

If you see a classmate who is the height of your baby cousin, would you be surprised? Of course! That child is not growing properly. Likewise when we consider our spiritual life, there must be evidence of growth. One of the most visible signs is whether that person has changed. For example, does that person now submit to God and no longer to his old, selfish thinking? And one of the most obvious signs is to see if that person exhibits the fruit of the Spirit. Read Galatians 5:22-23 and see if you can identify the various aspects of the fruit of the Spirit?

OLEV DOSOGNES OYJ
ATFIH EPCAE KSEMNESE
ETNSGESLNE PECRTEMANE
OLGN-FSINUFERG

Do you see these attributes in yourself? Or are they absent in you?

Thought: Do I have the fruit of the Spirit?

Prayer: Heavenly Father, please forgive me for my lack of hunger and thirst for righteousness. Please increase my appetite for reading and obeying the Bible. Please help me be more like Jesus Christ, kind, merciful, compassionate, and obedient to Your holy law and Your will for me. In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.