Living in the Spirit

Last night my wife and I read Psalm 22. That is a Davidic psalm about the turmoil in his own heart, but it directly prophesied the death of Messiah. As we were reading, my wife asked if David was writing about his own trials, or of the trials of Christ.

Great question. Both.

David was living in the Spirit and Power of God during that time of his life. The words he penned were anointed truth from God, but were also personal truth that was gritty and gnarly and filled with anguish. God's Truth - was also his Truth. He lived in the Spirit.

If you are living in the Spirit, do you know that you are living in God's truth as well as in your truth? My spirit is sickened... as is God's. My spirit is full of joy, as is God's. My spirit knows that my trials are temporary, just as God's Spirit testifies - even through scripture.

If you live in the Spirit, you are part of something MUCH bigger than you. Seek God. Immerse yourself in His word. Pray. Allow Him to chisel out the foundations of the strongholds that have been built by the enemy in your life. Also know this - God's Spirit prevails and takes total victory in the end. Endure and your own spirit will experience no less.