Today's Journal
FRUIT OF THE LIGHT
Paul, an apostle, wrote to the Church at Ephesus: “For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light— for the fruit of the Spirit (some versions say fruit of the Light) consists of all goodness, righteousness, and truth— testing what is pleasing to the Lord” (Ephesians 5:8-10).The desire to please the Lord should be our most common desire. Walking in the light by the Power of the Spirit is to participate in this desire. We know this by the three things mentioned as evidence: what is good, right and true… goodness, righteousness and truth.
My experience is that once we have walked in the Spirit for a while, we instinctively by that same Spirit know when things are not good, right and true… or not as good as they could be. Our conscience has been Spirit formed and sensitized to the desires of the Father and Jesus the Son, we are just more aware of sin and more aware of light as well.
“But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things!’ (Galatians 5:22-23 Fruits of the Spirit)
“I am fully convinced, my dear brothers and sisters, that you are full of goodness. You know these things so well you can teach each other all about them” (Romans 15:14).
“The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.” Jesus