The Normal Christian - A Life Filled and Being Led by The Holy Spirit (Daily Devotional)

Hello and welcome back to Living Supernaturally. We hope you’ve been having a good day today and living supernaturally. We are looking at the normal Christian and what does it mean to live the life you’re living as a normal Christian. Sometimes, we have questions, is this normal for a Christian? Or to be so intense in the things that are spiritual in nature, is it normal? Well, let’s allow the word of God to describe or define what it is to live a normal Christian life. Today, we see that a normal Christian life is a life that is filled by the Holy Spirit and led by the Holy Spirit. Romans chapter 8, verse 14, ‘For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.’ This means that we as son and daughters of God, have the privilege of being led by the Spirit of God, which means we as normal Christians have the privilege of being led by God’s Spirit. So, it is not something abnormal or out of the ordinary to have this expectation to be led by the Holy Spirit. Galatians chapter 5, verse 16 says, ‘I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.’ This means to live a life led by the Spirit, dictated, guided and prompted by the Holy Spirit. The same chapter, verse 25 says, ‘If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.’ As Christians, we have this awesome privilege of being guided and led in all of life’s situations by the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is God, He has infinite wisdom, He has infinite power and understanding. So, when He leads us, the scriptures says that we will not fulfill the lust of the flesh. For a normal Christian, it is a life that is lived as an overcoming life, being led but the Holy Spirit. Ephesians chapter 5, verse 18 says, ‘do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit.’ The expression ‘be filled with the Spirit’ means to live a life that is continually filled, an ongoing life of being continuously filled by the Holy Spirit. So, our bodies we know are a dwelling place, we are the temple of the Holy Spirit, the Holy Spirit indwells us, but also, we can ask God’s Spirit to infill us continuously, to empower us to live an overcoming life. The second part of verse 19 of Ephesians chapter 5, says, ‘speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord.’ The life that is filled with the Holy Spirit is overflowing with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs, this is for every believer. Shall we pray?

Father, we thank you that you have appointed each one of us to live such a life, to be continuously filled by the Holy Spirit and to be led and guided by your Spirit. Today, we open up our lives to this, you lead and guide us and we want to walk in the Spirit daily, we thank you, in Jesus’ name we pray, Amen.

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