SLAYING the BAD Giants but RESURRECTING the GOOD GIANTS {part 2}

Introduction: Are you facing some GIANTS? We all do! Some GIANTS are bigger than others. In our follow-up devotion today, not only are there some GIANTS that we must SLAY, but equally as important, there are some GOOD GIANTS that need to be RESURRECTED. Check them out.

Using the same format, REVELATION, ACTIVATION, and finally MANIFESTATION, a closer investigation will take place, revealing and explaining this truth that transforms.

“And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him.”  (Col. 3:10)
 
What does that mean? It is almost as if the Lord God, through His Holy Spirit, hands each follower of His a NEW change of garments, and says, “Put these on.” The word “put on” is ἐνδύω {pronounced en-doo’-o}. Actually, the word can be translated clothed.

While every Christian must deal with that which we were before being brought into a dynamic relationship with Jesus Christ, new provisions have been made possible by the indwelling Holy Spirit.

Yet, this process of being renewed happens moment by moment throughout the day, as we yield by the emptying of SELF and by the FILLING of the Holy Spirit (Eph. 5:18).

Other complementary passages verify this supernatural occurrence. For example, writing to the Church of Ephesus, Paul said, “That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness,” (Eph. 4:22–24).

So one can conclude, just as engaging a car into gear—Drive or Reverse—every child of God must engage the NEW MAN; i.e., put on. Throughout the day, the deliberate choice to “put off” and “put on” must be made. By the way, this is not SELF-EFFORT or striving in the flesh to try to please God; instead, it is a matter of TRUSTING and YIELDING to His control! The result is a supernatural life that can only be explained by a living God MANIFESTING HIS life in and through those who trust in Him.

Does that make sense? So what do you need to do? Perhaps right now you need to stop and pray, as well as “PUT OFF” the BAD GIANTS but “PUT ON” {RESURRECT} the GOOD GIANTS. Do it today.

Love y’all,
Dr. Randy Reese