For me, In me, Through Me

DEVOTION
GALATIONS
FOR ME, IN ME, THROUGH ME
Gal 3:1-5
3:1 You foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified. 2 I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by observing the law, or by believing what you heard? 3 Are you so foolish? After beginning with the Spirit, are you now trying to attain your goal by human effort? 4 Have you suffered so much for nothing — if it really was for nothing? 5 Does God give you his Spirit and work miracles among you because you observe the law, or because you believe what you heard?
NIV
I am so thankful that God gave me his Spirit. How could I survive without him? It is the Spirit who leads me into all truth and I certainly need all the truth I can get. In a world filled with lies, the truth is such a necessity for successful living. I really cannot trust anything the world has to say. The world belongs to Satan and I belong to God. I have to be very careful in all that I hear from the voices around me. I even have to be careful and watchful for the words expounded from men who declare they speak for God. Because I have the Spirit, I am able to detect those false doctrines, false teachings and false dogmas which have infiltrated the church. I guess I sound like I have all the truth and if people disagree with me they are wrong, but I think that just may be the case in so many ways. It does amaze me when I consider how simple it all really is. I am so thankful all I had to do was to ask God for his Spirit and there he was. Now that I think back I am sure it was the Spirit who did all the miracles I have been the recipient and the witness of. What a ride! What an amazing journey through this life having the Spirit working in my life. How could anything else be anyway close to this kind of living? What could the world ever have to offer that would come even close to this? Why would I even entertain being distracted by all the stuff of the world? Sure, I have many creature comforts, but those are because of the Spirit, because God has blessed me with his Spirit, not because I actually earned any of that stuff. Yet, I do think I forget sometimes. How can that be? How could I forget? How could I get distracted? There are so many voices screaming in my ears, and the Spirit is such a gentleman, speaking so softly, it becomes difficult to remain focused on his still small voice, But that is what I must do, that is what I will do, that is my main purpose in this life, to listen to the voice of God, the voice of his Spirit who is at work in me, for me and through me.