1 Chronicles 2:1-55; Ezekiel 3:16-4:17; 2 Timothy 4:1-22
The fruit of the Spirit is…self control. Galatians 5:22-23 NKJV
“Spirit-control” is better here. It is not a matter of trying harder to live like Christ. It is resigning my will and allowing His Spirit to live Christ through me. Doing so will glorify our Father (John 15:8) and guard me. “Whoever has no rule over his own spirit is like a city broken down, without walls” (Prov. 25:28 NKJV). The Pulpit Commentary puts it this way: “To such a city [with broken down walls] is compared the man who puts no restraint on his passions, desires and affections; he is always in danger of being carried away by them and involved in sin and destruction; he has no defence when temptation assaults him, having lost self-control.” May we allow the Husbandman to cultivate Spirit-control in us today. —Brian Cretney
Lord, take my life and make it wholly Thine;
Fill my poor heart with Thy great love divine. —James Orr