It's in the Shoes! Really?

Yep..it's throwback Monday. How many of you remember the original Reebok pumps? It seems like eons ago. However, if you recall the commercials showed basketball players grabbing the tongue of the shoes and squeezing it causing it to inflate. This was supposed to make that player play his best on the basketball court and be able to literally "jump" out of the building. Well we now know that this was not the case. In fact, the shoes did inflate but did not produce the type of results that were shown in the commercials. It was a marketing ploy at best. Well today's blog entry has been inspired by Galatians 5:16; "Walk in the Spirit and you will not fulfill the desires of the flesh". Jumping out of a building and staying alive is an impossible feat without the proper gear such as a parachute. And playing basketball with gravity defying skills is impossible without years of practice and dedication. Likewise, living a victorious Christian life is impossible without being empowered by the Spirit of God. God has given us the ability to DESIRE or to want (HIM). However, sin and our fallen nature has so corrupted our desires that we no longer want the things of God that are lasting. Instead we want the things that please our natural existence, those things which are temporal and has no sustainability. The power that we seek to overcome our impulsive desires (See Galatians 5: 19-21) reside in the Spirit of God. Yes it's in the Spirit. To "walk in" is a military term meaning to "walk in step with" or "to walk in line with". Christian character is produced by the Holy Spirit in "walking in step" with Christ (See Galatians 5:22-23). Do you desire to please God with your life? Without the Spirit it is impossible. "Walk in the Spirit".