Abounding in the Fruit of The Holy Spirit
By Tosin Lawal
Devotional Reading: Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. Psalms 1:1-2NIV
The proof that you delight in God’s word is seen in the amount of time you (dedicate to) meditate on the word daily. Consistent meditation on God’s word gives you an advantage because it makes walking in the Fruit of the spirit easy. Psalms 1 likens a man that meditates on God’s word to a tree planted by rivers of water that bears its fruit in due season.
The Fruit that one who meditates in God’s word bears is simply the fruit of the spirit: Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, gentleness, and self-control. Meditating in God’s word according to Psalms 1 reveals the possibility of being able to walk in the spirit at all times. Instead of trying to make efforts to walk, meditating on God’s word will often energize us to walk. We are a product of our thinking. We are what predominantly fills our thoughts and heart.
Your subconscious mind is being strengthened in the direction of whatever dominates your heart. Your heart is being strengthened in order of your predominant meditations, consciously or unconsciously. Your heart is made for the word of God. The word of God is meant to be the anchor of your heart.
Every outward action of a man is a product of his heart. Every man walks in the direction of his heart. You cannot force yourself to do what your heart is yet to align with. Meditating on God’s word helps our hearts align with God’s spirit.
As we consistently fill our hearts and thoughts with God’s word through meditation, and miracles that happen to us, our heart is being transformed through the instrumentality of the workings of God’s power, and the spirit of God in you gains ascendancy over your mind and body, and you are naturally compelled to walk in the spirit.
Be deliberate about what you think. Be intentional about the content of both your conscious and unconscious meditations (thinking). God’s word is your God-sent help to walk and abound in the fruit of the spirit, for you have been born of God.
Prayer and Confession
I will be intentional about the content of my meditations. Your word is my God-sent help to walk and abound in the fruit of the spirit for I have been born of God.
Further Readings: Galatians 5: 1-26, Joshua 1:1-9, Mathew 14:10-20.
