I'm thinking to myself right now...hope I'm listening: Paul says to "walk in the spirit and you will not carry out the desires of the flesh." (Galatians 5:16). Who is he talking to? I mean which part of me should carry out this directive? He's seems to be saying that I'm made up of three parts; body (the flesh), spirit (either dead in sin or in this case, alive in Christ) and a third aspect...the soul. The soul is my thinker, feeler and chooser. It's that part of me that Paul says Jesus has begun a "good work" within and is completing that very work until the Day of Christ Jesus (Philippians 1:6). I am truly a work in progress...and that creates a real dilemma for me. So listen up soul. I've got a spirit full of Jesus, yet you're still full of questions...doubts ...crossroads. At the intersection,here's what you find: Should you take Him at His Word and follow Him forward wholeheartedly or yield to the cravings of this flesh? What question is there really? What other road is there to take? Amazingly, driven by baseless reservations, you do not do what you want to do and do what you do not want to do (Romans 7:15). How's that working for you? Consider this for a moment, my soul. Here you are in the middle of Majesty (and for that matter, here He is in the middle of you) and yet you're tempted to remain in the poverty of the flesh...the bondage to this body...the dearth of your own desires...fears...anxieties. Unfounded...unfounded! Never has He broken a promise...never has He come up short...never has He disappointed, disavowed or disappeared. The flesh...not so. How many times has it let you down...led you astray...left you hanging? You're owned by a Prince and live like a pauper. Walk in the Spirit, heart of mine. Live worthy of the One to Whom you belong.