02/10/2026
🚨 UNDERSTANDING THIS WAS A GAME CHANGER IN MY WALK WITH GOD! 🚨
Provoking thought:
Does simply Not Giving into Sin mean I am demonstrating Freedom? While at the same time I am plagued by the temptation of it?
In AA Meetings I’ve met many “Dry Drunks”. They don’t drink but the cravings to drink plague them each and every day.
My question is, are they demonstrating true freedom soley off the fact that they are abstinent? Or are they still in bo***ge? In Christ do we deal with the same struggle? Are we white knuckling our freedom over sin? And if so, are we truly free?
I have been in both situations before.
I’ve noticed that when my focus is fixed on trying to abstain from sin , that I naturally start to white knuckle my way to freedom. Eventually I start to use my own “self control” or “Will Power” without realizing it.
But when I fix my focus on Jesus and the freedom i have in Him. Resting, Basking, and Delighting myself in His Presence, I naturally am Empowered by the Spirit and the Last thing i want to do is Sin.
What happens is My appetites for the Flesh are demolished while I feed on the Bread of Life.
So Heres the Game Changer:
When We Keep in Step with the Spirit , we Naturally, without Trying or white knuckling, Crucify our Fleshly Desires. Because in the Spirit is where our Freedom Resides!
Try to not Focus on overcoming sin, Focus on the one who Overcame it for you!
“For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.”
â€â€Romans‬ â€8‬:â€6‬ â€ESV‬‬
“But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.”
â€â€Galatians‬ â€5‬:â€16‬ â€ESV
“For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.”
â€â€Romans‬ â€8‬:â€13‬ â€ESV‬‬