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In The Garden Daily Devotional
Series: Manifestation Of The Spirit-Filled Life - Pt 2
"VICTORY Over Sin"
Pastor Wayne Clabaugh

Scripture Text: ""Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD." Ps 119:1 (KJV)

We've spent an entire month now speaking about "walking in the spirit" and what it takes to do so. Believe me folks, there are those who have set rituals that they go through every day and have set their day by their watches and when it's time to pray - if they have added that in as part of the day's ritual, they pray, and have you ever done that? I mean - try to pray at a certain time because that's the time you have scheduled for it? No wonder America has succumb to homosexuality and killing babies. We're not getting saturated with the Lord and learning to walk in His ways. How can we be considered as "undefiled" when we are not filled with Spirit and walking with the Spirit: walking in the Spirit every moment of every day? We can't! That word today says "Blessed are the undefiled..." That means

"Blessed are the complete..."
"Blessed are the wholesome..."
"Blessed are the entire..."
"Blessed are the sound of mind - having integrity."


The WORD goes on to say,

"Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night." Psalms 1: 1 & 2 (KJV)

If you broke that verse down in the Hebrew you would find:

"BLESSED (HAPPY, fortunate, prosperous) is the man who walks (and lives) not in the counsel of the ungodly (meaning to follow their advice or their plans and purposes), nor stands (now get this - submissive and inactive) in the path where sinners walk, nor sits down (relaxing and doing nothing - resting on their laurels), where the scornful (the mockers of life) gather. But his delight (the undefiled) and desire are in the law of the Lord, and on His law (the precepts, the instructions, the teachings of God) he (persistently, regularly, steadily, with unfailing covenant) meditates (ponders and studies) by day and by night. (ref., Rom. 13:8-10; Gal. 3:1-29; II Tim. 3:16.)

Now friend, this is the ONLY WAY to find that place of Victory over Sin. You can't think that going to church on Sundays and Wednesday nights alone will keep you "undefiled". But YOU CAN live a life undefiled because the scripture says so.

"Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD." Ps 119:1

If there weren't a group of people who could be called the "undefiled in the way" that could be called "blessed" who walk in the Lord, the scripture wouldn't have spoken about it - but wait! Look at the next two verses there. Now this is BIBLE!

"Blessed are they that keep his testimonies...,"

Have you kept the testimony of the Lord in your life today. Have you told someone about Jesus and the difference that He has made in your life and then lived like it? The Word goes on to say,

They that, "...seek him with the whole heart".

Oh, if we had a nation that would seek God with their whole heart; if we had a world that would seek God with their whole heart - we wouldn't have all the trouble that we're having today. But the word goes on to say,

"They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways." Psa 119:2, 3 (KJV)

Are you vacillating between life and LIFE ABUNDANT - FILLED WITH THE JOY AND BLESSINGS OF THE ALMIGHTY GOD? Begin today to take the Lord with you and apply him to your EVERY SITUATION! He's not embarrassed to have you admit your short-comings - He already knows what they are. If God be for you (and He is) no one can be against you! (ref., Romans 8:31)

Now that's V-I-C-T-O-R-Y!

Let's pray:

Father: I don't just need to have you walk with me and talk with me and tell me that I am your own, I need to walk with you and talk with you and tell you that you are my own as well. My all in all. I do that today in Jesus' Name, Amen.

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