Romans 8:6 says “to be carnally minded is death but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.” In this scripture Paul is giving us a tool for recognizing when we take our thoughts or our minds off of Christ and spiritual things and on to worldly things. When we lose focus of God in the midst of all of our situations and His dominion over our entire lives we lose our peace and we lose our joy for life. In this life we live we deal with so many crazy situations that tempt us to take our eyes off of the Father because when we do we become overwhelmed, stressed out, afraid, or depressed. When we are walking in the Spirit those things have no hold on our lives because we are focused on the abiding presence of the living God within our hearts that gives us abundant life in the midst of our seemingly poor situations.
For me, I have to admit, it has been far too easy to take my eyes of the Creator. The enemy has distracted me with so many different things that I have lost sight of what really matters and have been caught up in the fleshly thing. Being caught up in what surrounds me has caused me to become overwhelmed, stressed out, depressed, and afraid because I have focused on the issues that have come up rather than the God who is bigger than all things. I know that in the midst of all these things God has a great calling on my life and that He loves me more than I could ever comprehend but when I get caught up in what is going on in the flesh I lose sight of all those things and all I want to do is run away from it all rather than press on towards the goal.
So, I pray for all of us who have been distracted that God places our eyes on Him and we lose sight of the flesh.
B.
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