John 6:63 – "It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing; the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.”
The closer one draws to God, the more stronger their spirit is, the sharper they are, the brighter they are, the more joyful they are, the healthier they are. Why? Because they are drawing closer to the One who gives all these things. They are understanding more and more just who God has made them to be and they are stepping into the light in which they receive. But what happens if we begin to draw back? We lose sight of these things, we become more focused on what’s around us, what’s attacking us, what’s going on in our mind – we are drawing back from the Giver of Life. How can we keep the life if we are drawing back from it?
The further one draws back from God, the less life they have, the less life they will walk in, and that which is now taking up their time and their focus will eventually consume them – these things that cause us to draw back from God, they are life-suckers. The things that cause us to draw back may not necessarily be evil, but the fact that they are being idolized and chosen over God makes them evil. They are sucking the life right out of us. The precious time we could be spending with God, working on the things which He’d have us to do we are now wasting on temporal things which only take the life out and cause us to draw back from God. And don’t blame the stuff….There is only one responsible – ourself!
Just as the things of the flesh suck the life out of us, the things of the Spirit give life. We spend time in His presence, we read His Word, the Holy Spirit then reveals this Word to us, this is the life and the light that comes on the inside. That’s why Satan will do all he can to get you distracted because the more light comes on the inside of you, the more you will shine and the more destruction you will bring to his evil kingdom. He works overtime to get believers to walk by the flesh and please the flesh and put the things of the Spirit away. But the more we give to God, the more life we have, and the better life will be – in fact, it is the best life! So don’t give yourself to the things of the flesh, give yourself to the Giver of Life – this is life!
