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“For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God?” Colossians 3:3 (KJV)

What does it mean to be dead to self? Colossians 3:1-17 answers that question. If we are to die to self, we have to keep seeking the things above, not the things of this world. We have to consider the members of our earthly body as dead to immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which amounts to idolatry. We also have to die to anger, wrath, malice, slander and abusive speech from our mouth. How many times do we want to argue back, have the last word, or say things we regret? The word of God says to clearly not lie to one another. How many times do we justify a “white lie, or just down right lie?” What about greed?  Having to have the latest gadgets, running up your credit, or trying to live up to the Jones. Dying to self hurts, it doesn’t always come natural. We have to make an effort to say no or yes –  no to another helping of food, yes to ministry, or something God is calling us to do. Dying to self is a choice. We will either walk in the flesh or walk in the Spirit. We have to kill our fleshly desires in order to truly live. What are we choosing? We must remember that we are to store up our treasures in heaven, not on earth.

“Lord, I choose to die to the things of the flesh with Your strength. I thank You that my life is hid with Christ in God. Help me to daily mortify the works of the flesh. May I die to the things of the flesh that I may live abundantly in Christ Jesus.”

For His Glory

Linda Reyes Shepherd
TRBC Mountain Blend