There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.
There is an element of personal choice here. Do I choose to live according to the flesh and continue to suffer the consequences even though artfully disguised as pleasures or do I choose to live according to the Word of God and commit my life to the guidance of the Holy Spirit? The latter brings me into a life in the Kingdom of Heaven in the here and now; a life of fulfillment of the request embodied in the Lord's Prayer; a life of living out the 23rdPsalm.
Today's readings in the Psalms:
Morning: Psalm 108
Mid-day: 119:121-128
Evening: Psalm 34
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