Daily Devotional

October 30th 2025

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THURSDAY

Among those who belong to Christ, everything connected with getting our own way and mindlessly responding to what everyone else calls necessities is killed off for good—crucified. Since this is the kind of life we have chosen, the life of the Spirit, let us make sure that we do not just hold it as an idea in our heads or a sentiment in our hearts, but work out its implications in every detail of our lives.—Galatians 5:24, 25 (MSG)

Victory over Satan is the once-and-for-all result of Christ’s resurrection. But our victory over the flesh is a recurrent, daily decision.
Having victory over the flesh in one area of our lives yesterday, doesn’t mean that we can relax in other areas of our lives today. It doesn’t even mean that we can relax in those areas where we had victory yesterday. Though Satan is a defeated foe, Satan is a persistent foe. We must meet that persistance with equal determination to live in God’s victory day-by-day. Absent this, we may wonder why we deal with the same delemmas again and again.
Victory over the flesh begins with removing ourselves from those things which cause us to stumble. Paul advises that we, “Put on the Lord Jesus Christ as if He were your clothing. Don’t think about how to satisfy sinful desires (Romans 13:14).” The flesh is not to be argued with; it is not to be negotiated with. It is to be resisted. Victory over the flesh is making good decisions about what to bring into our lives and what activities in which to participate. Don’t play with the flesh; rely on God to be victorious.
Jesus modeled for us what a Christian is to be like. He left us an example that we are to follow. We are to love what He loved, resist what He resisted and treat people the way that He treated them. When we know what the He wants us to do, when we adjust ourselves to His will, then, we become aware of the temptations that bother us. And wisely, we will choose to not exascerbate, but to surrender by placing ourselves lovingly in Christ’s hands.
Making this decision leads to wholeness, which is the definition of spiritual maturity: In this world, but not of it; wise as serpents, but harmless as doves; loving the sinner, but rejecting the sin. We learn this balance only by walking with Christ day-by-day, moment-by-moment.

Prayer: Lord, even though we embrace Your Lordship, we are engaged in a daily battle with the flesh. As we go today, remind us that, in this struggle, we have a Champion in Jesus, who defeated sin on the cross and enables us to live triumphantly in the Spirit. We affirm today that we will do that, moment-by-moment. In Your name, we pray. AMEN!

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