Pastor Leon’s SOAP: Scripture, Observation, Application, and Prayer

March 14: Deuteronomy 25-27; Galatians 5

Scripture: Galatians (NIV) 5:24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires. 25 Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.

Observation: It is not those to whom Christ belongs, but those who belong to Christ. I hear in this scripture not an emphasis on me possessing Him, but Him possessing me!

When we belong to Him, He is Lord. He is Master. It is His life we are living. We are no longer our own. We have been bought with a great price. And so we have taken His desires to be our desires. As we walk in the Spirit we discover the joy of belonging to Him!

Application: There was a time when it was just words, two ways of saying the same thing. But as I have grown in Christ, I have learned that there is a great difference between me possessing Christ and Christ possessing me. It is a change from depending on me to depending on Him. It is a change from Jesus being my advisor to Jesus being my Lord! Yes, He is mine, but more importantly, I am His!

Prayer: Jesus, I am yours. All I am and all I have—it is all yours. There is no greater joy than fulfilling your will for my life. Amen

Pastor Leon

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