Best Medicine

Food and drug labels often display warnings, some pretty frightening. It's quite ironic [don't you think] manufacturers want us to buy-consume things that come with such risks. God's Word says, "In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires. These are the people who divide you, who follow mere natural instincts and do not have The Spirit." (Jude 1:18-19). In case you've been dozing, we are there; we've been following our instincts ... well, since The Garden!  Just like we choose to ignore a warning label, we ignore that which we know is best for us emotionally, mentally and spiritually. We want what we want and we want it now!  God says, "whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin." (James 4:17). Ouch! Knowing then doing [what is right - there's the struggle! Believers, however, have Power to resist the sin nature - that which is instinctive to each of us. Paul wrote, "Walk by The [Holy] Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh." (Galatians 5:16). Pay attention to God's warning label about sin and follow His prescription to walk by The Holy Spirit. It's Best Medicine.