As followers of Jesus by faith, we are to live from the inside out. We do this because “Greater is He who is in me than he who is in the world.” That statement is not referring to your flesh, but rather your spirit. Being joined as one with Jesus in the spirit, we are to live from the spirit. Our flesh will hate to live from the spirit because it wants to be dominant in our life. Your flesh wants all the attention. Look at all the circumstances that you are going through. Are they of the flesh, or the spirit? The devil can only come against your flesh to steal, kill, and destroy what God has given you. Jesus came to be one with you in the spirit so you can have life and it more abundantly in the spirit.
Galatians 5:17 For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish.
John 10:9 I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. 10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.
This struggle that we are in isn’t against flesh and blood. It’s a struggle within to rule your heart. With the strength that Jesus has given us in the spirit, we live, move, and have our being in the spirit. Once you have taken the plank out of your eye, the victory over your flesh, you can now take the speak out of your brother’s eye. Because of this, you can do all things through Christ who strengthens you. It is no longer you who lives, but Christ in you, the hope of glory. This is the mystery that has been hidden from the foundation of the world and has been hidden from you. If you ever figure out how strong you are in the Lord, in the spirit, and in the power of His might, the devil is finished. He can no longer walk all over you because your weapons are mighty in God to the pulling down of strongholds.
Galatians 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.
Colossians 1:27 To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
I hope this helps you in your journey with My King. He has given us every avenue to overcome all obstacles, our faith. We live by faith in the spirit with Jesus. This is the only way. The way is narrow, but very rewarding. Be blessed, my friends.
1 John 5:4 For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith.