Daily Bread - Oct 6 2006

1 Peter 1:14 - “As obedient children not conforming to the former desires in your ignorance.”

The former desires are those desires that ruled the passions before the new birth. The former desires are inspired by the god of this world, the spirit that works in the children of disobedience. Satan attacks the child of God and attempts to impose his desires upon them. The satanic desire is expressed by all that is in the world: the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eye, and the pride of life. However, the Holy Calling has not only called us to be totally separate from all these things but has empowered us with the desires of the Father.

As we yield to the Holy Spirit the joy and wellsprings of holiness flow out of us as rivers of living water. We find ourselves having only one desire and that is to please the Father. His ways become our ways and His desires our desires. In this realm of Holy Spirit inspiration we are called to resist the devil steadfast in the faith and not allow those former desires to have any place in our lives.

Blessings,

Pastor Mark Spitsbergen
www.abidingplace.org