WILL

In the Spirit you operate with power from on high. In the flesh you operate in your own power. This is the difference between a Spirit filled life and a life in the flesh. Which would you choose? This is where the battle is. The will chooses and your will needs to be surrendered to the Lord. If the will is not surrendered then you will flit between one state and another. You will operate like a split personality. One day you are in the spirit and the next in the flesh. You will also regress from one state to another. You will be confused because you are moving around directed by your feelings and context. This is like role playing. You play different roles depending on where you are . In the world you behave like a worldly person and in church like a spiritual person. This leads to a life of conflict because your inner man becomes distressed by this constant role change. When your will is surrendered to the Lord then His will becomes your will. Only in prayer are you able to sustain this walk in the Spirit. You have been commanded to be filled in the Spirit and be led by the Spirit. This is a walk that only a few can sustain over the long run. This is why many get burnt out because they are trying to play different roles. The roles take over your life and the real you becomes submerged by the roles. When your will is surrendered to Him you become one with Him. He then operates through you. You stop playing roles and you become one who expresses Christ through your role. You just flow in the Spirit and the role becomes secondary to your real identity. Jesus never played roles. He was Jesus whether He was a carpenter or preacher. He operated from a position of surrender. Lord I surrender my will to you so that I can be yours all the time.