“This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.” Galatians 5:16
There is only one guaranteed way of walking godly in this wicked world, walk in the Holy Spirit. The bible is the words of the Holy Spirit because every writer was Spirit inspired to pen what was written. Since it is the words of the Holy Spirit it is therefore Gods book and if one walks in their life according to Gods word then you will be walking after the Holy Spirit. If one is walking in life according to Gods word then you will walk in the Spirit and not in the flesh. Paul also told us in verse 25 “If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.” If you are truly a Christian then this ought to be your desire, to walk godly. If you are not a Christian then anyway you desire to walk is fine. Unsaved people are not required to, neither can walk godly, but every Christian ought too. The Lord said in Romans 8:5 “For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh…” walking fleshy is the best they can do, however in the same verse Paul went on to pen these words “…but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.” If you are saved then your mind set ought to have changed to desiring spiritual things. For a Christian to say they have no desire to walk godly or after the Spirit means the Spirit is not present in their heart because all Christians feels the need to walk godly and feels guilty for not walking properly. It reminds me of a person who says they are saved but have never experienced the Holy Spirit in their hearts working, if one has not felt the Holy Spirit in their salvation then they are not saved. Therefore, if one has no inner felling to follow the Holy Spirits teaching then they are not saved. Romans 8:14 “For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.” And that is only as many… and no more. And the same can be said of wanting to walk godly; if there is no desire then there is no salvation. While the lost person only wants to walk fleshly, a Christian should want to walk godly. However, this is only accomplished by walking according to the scriptures which should be what your heart is telling you to do. If one has no desire to walk godly then it is time for a spiritual checkup because there are a lot of folks who no desire to walk godly, or who think they were saved outside of the Holy Spirit. It is not that a true Christian will not sin nor that they will not have to fight off fleshly desires, however they will be a different desire in their hearts causing them to walk different. All Christians feel this desire. Do you feel it? If not maybe a salvation checkup is needed.
