You Don't Have A Choice In The Matter!

Romans 8:5 Ampc

For those who are according to the flesh and are controlled by its unholy desires set their minds on and pursue those things which gratify the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit and are controlled by the desires of the Spirit set their minds on and seek those things which gratify the [Holy] Spirit.

As a born again person (meaning person born of the Spirit) yielding and living in obedience to the Holy Spirit is NOT a CHOICE that you have if you truly want to experience God in your life. Many of us are often times caught up between yielding to God and the flesh for years in the new birth.

Hebrews 5:12 For even though by this time you ought to be teaching others, you actually need someone to teach you over again the very first principles of God’s Word. You have come to need milk, not solid food.

The lack to fully #surrender and yield to the Spirit of God after a while in salvation is actually considered as disobedience and it brings about immaturity in the body of Christ. God is intrested that as branches in the vine (Christ) we are able to grow and start producing fruit and fruit can only be produced in deep connection and obedience to the vine.

Being born of the spirit is like being on a life support machine fully dependent on the machine to help you live. Outside the machine means death but under the life support machine means life. Many of us in spite of knowing that outside the machine means death we still want to juggle between breathing on our own and risking our lives and a little bit of the life support.

Jesus desire is that we are totally dependant ONLY in Him ALWAYS and not try breath on our own. This means that He will be doing all the breathing job for us while we REST. He's already paid the the price to have you breath from HIS life support FOREVER FREELY with no change. REST.

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