Posted in Gods Work

Not so long ago, I blogged about fruit of the flesh and fruit of the spirit.  Upon further studying, God is giving me another insight.  All of the flesh are worldy.  Being the person that I am, I often think of certain works as good, and forget that they are still wordly...such as volunteering for charities, allowing people to cut n line in front of me at the store, making dinner, etc.  Yet, I am looking here in Galatians, and thinking...What is God trying to tell me?  I know works are not the ticket to heaven, but my goal is to allow God to transform me into Christ's image.  Am I still able to do this if works of the flesh are wordly.

My next thought is that perhaps God was feeling as if he wasn't getting the lesson across to us.  Let's face it, we didn't keep to His words as best we could have.  So, like any good teacher, decided He needed to give us an example we could relate to, and thus His son Jesus. 

Jesus had to follow the commandments as well.  I ahve wondered where the line is between jealousy/envy and choosing of the things we have.  I am not typing my thoughts well.  Let's see...for example, it is covetous to see someone's car and say, "Oh,  man I so am wanting a car like that."  or seeing a friend with a new car and then thinking how much you wish you could have a new car too.  But, if you are in need of a vehicle, you should check each one out...right?  And you might look at different models to determine what will meet your needs best, but might also look at personal preferences, such as color, leather or cloth seats, sunroof or DVD player, A/C, standard or automatic.  If Jesus lived today and needed a vehicle, what would he choose.  Would he have a 5 CD system?  Would he specifically not choose a vehicle because it had perks?  Perhaps, he wouldn't choose any vehicle, and he would ride public transportation, bike, and walk.  Very interesting.  Are all choices such as these producing fruit of the flesh?  Is the house you live in completely unimportant?  Hmmm......

These are my thoughts.