Spirit with a Soul Living in a Body

I heard a long time ago while sitting in a church service that we were a spirit with a soul living in a body.  Then read it in 1 Thessalonians 5:23 (NKJV) "Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; any may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ."

I knew that to speak with the Lord (prayer) was spiritual, but guess I never thought of it as being "spirit".  We communicate with God through our spirit; and by doing this daily, without ceasing, will keep us blameless.  Seek Him in ALL things.  There is nothing that happens to us that takes Him by surprise.  He knows what we will say before we say it.  He knows our situation before we are faced with it.

Our soul is our mind.  We need to renew our mind on a daily basis, sometimes hourly, sometimes moment by moment.  Depends on the day. Read His Word daily so that we can keep our thoughts on Him.  As we face things in our every day activities, our mind will be able to remember the promises given to us through His written word. Also, our mind can help us control our emotions, our choices, our reactions and not allow us to give into temptations or the lusts of the flesh.

Ah, our flesh, which is our body.  It is a fickle structure. It operates on the senses. Taste - we want to eat things that taste good, not necessarily what is good and beneficial to the rest of the body.  Touch - we will choose soft things over itchy, rough-feeling items.  Hearing - we only want to listen to things we choose to hear, whether that be music, positive vs negative comments, the people around us.  You can tell when someone only half listens to what you are saying because they answer you in the wrong way or interrupt without realizing you were still speaking.  Smell - we prefer pleasant odors, and even this is not the same for everyone.  Just ask any lady who bought a candle and one of the males in your household wants to know what "stinks".  Sight - we have an opinion on what we see as beauty, works of art, etc.

FitFaith came out of realizing that we need to be fit in all areas - spirit, soul, and body. Future blogs may not be so long as they may deal with only one of these areas. It could be through devotion, motivation, nutrition, exercise, a thought of the day, etc.

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