I’ve never done this before, but today I’m cutting the first paragraph from June 1, 2023 because it fits perfectly with what I want to write for today. The next paragraph is it.

Today’s devotional message is one that awakened a truth in me I have never realized. Galatians 5:16 says, “But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.” I have known this verse for years. Yet, the clarity of the verse’s message hadn’t hit me until today. I have always interpreted this verse’s meaning as to walk with the Spirit within me. Some translations even say to walk in the Spirit. However, today as I read this scripture I, for the first time, pictured God walking right along side of me through the day.

This message comes from the 90-day devotional I’m using for the second go-round. I’m reusing this paragraph because I had lost its meaning for me in the last 90 days. Learning to surrender instead of struggle is one thing. Learning to surrender with the anticipation of growing from walking with God’s Spirit is completely different. When we give up something it is nice to have something more valuable to replace it with. Good grief, giving up something of the flesh for something from God’s Spirit?–Wow, they hardly compare! I want to keep this promise permanently this time from Paul’s writing in Galatians.