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NASB | Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit [the result of His presence within us] is love [unselfish concern for others], joy, [inner] peace, patience [not the ability to wait, but how we act while waiting], kindness, goodness, faithfulness, |
Bible Question: I was wondering if there is a simple way to gage when the Lord is directing you into a job or a change in occupation etc....does everything always fall into place when its God directed? I've heard people make that statement when they get the job their believing for or the wonderufl dream house. My life hasn't been that simple. So, I wonder if I'm missing the mark. Is that true..can you gage life's decisions on that premise? |
Bible Answer: Dear Sister, Greetings in Jesus' name! No, life is not so simple as wanting, then receiving things and situations. In fact, often these things end up being chains around our necks like Bob Marley. "The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly." John 10:10 NASB I find that the *things and situations* so many Christians desire, and pursue, and even demand have nothing to do with abundant life in Christ Jesus. Often the job is a snare, keeping you from serving Jesus and His church by greed and promotion. Often the dream house has a mortgage that strangles you, and steals your offerings and service to God. The true gauge and measure of a life in Christ is in the bearing and keeping of the fruit of the Spirit. All of these fruit have their 'opposite number,' and if you find yourself swinging emotionally between the true and ther false fruit, then you are not truly bearing them. "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law." Galatians 5:22,23 NASB Many of those that I see claiming 'abundant lives' also bear much anger, anxiety, and wanton sin, as well as dysfunctional marriages and families. Reevaluate the definition of blessing, and you will have your gauge. In Christ Jesus, charis |