8th July 2021
RENEWAL
David Abankwah
READ: Romans 12:2
Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being RENEWED day by day.
-2 Corinthians 4:16 | NKJV
To renew is to make life new, restore to freshness, existence, vigour or perfection; to make new spiritually; to do again or to begin again; to grant or obtain an extension of or on. Renewing is common in our everyday lives which we don’t even notice. When one wakes up, it is likely for the person to brush his or her teeth. Brushing is to renew your teeth, preventing it from being attacked by plague and to avoid bad mouth odour when talking to people. Another renewing takes place when a person takes a shower. Bathing restores the freshness of the body maintaining the extension of the body’s neatness. The body is spared from all kinds of diseases that come as a result of dirt.
Dirty clothes are not worn but washed and the body is renewed with clean clothing. As humans, we try as much as possible to keep the body neat but many people forget about their souls oftentimes. The inner man who does not die, but lives on even after physical death, is what God will judge and it is him He is concerned about. The soul is the real you. Your body is just an clothing for the soul to wear for some years. For the soul to touch, feel, smell, see and hear the impact of physical things, it needs a flesh. The soul needs flesh to function in the physical world that was why God created the body. This is because dust is a physical thing. Also, the soul knows its Maker but the body doesn’t.
This is because the body was taken from the earth not from God but the soul was formed through the nostrils that came from God. The breath of life is what connects the soul and the body for them to live together. The moment the breath of life is taken by God, there is a separation between the body and the soul which is called physical death. Instead of man focusing on the soul, more time is spent to please the desires of the flesh. Many women spend time doing makeups to beautify their bodies but they engage in activities that beautify the soul. Many people fail to renew their souls day in and day out because they are busy and overly concerned about their bodies.
As it takes physical things to renew the body, it also takes spiritual things to renew the soul. Renewing the soul is believing in Jesus Christ and working the faith through Bible reading, studying and meditation, fasting, daily prayer, evangelism, teaching, fellowshipping, offering, tithing, love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. The more you focus on spiritual things, the more you die to carnality. You no longer fulfil its desires which brings about spiritual deterioration. Failure to renew the soul day in and day out leads to the weakness that yields the fruits of disloyalty, rebellion, disobedience, backsliding, sin, and iniquity.
•| Prayer Diary |•
¹Lift up prayers for the binding effect of your faith to the Lord as the world keeps producing carnal things that will try to diminish your faith as the days go by. ²Lift up prayers to engage in things that renew your inner man day by day. ³Lift up prayers for the strength to overcome all things that renew your outer being more than your inner being in the name of Jesus Christ.
Quote
“The soul is the real you. He is the one you should have constant care for his renewal.”
One-Year Bible Reading Plan
Proverbs Chapters 24-26
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