GodsAcres.org
  • HOME
    • WHAT'S NEW?
  • ABOUT
    • contact us
    • our history
    • our pastor
    • visitors (FAQ)
    • what we believe
    • WHAT'S NEW?
  • AUDIO & VIDEO
    • -----------------------------------
    • audio - 2023 radio
    • -----------------------------------
    • audio - 2023 revivals & CM
    • audio - 2023 weekly services
    • -----------------------------------
    • VIDEO - 2023 revivals & cm
    • VIDEO - 2023 weekly services
    • -----------------------------------
    • music [choir]
    • -----------------------------------
  • CHILDREN
    • children's choruses
    • KAREN'S KORNER
    • printable lessons
    • sunday school
  • EVENTS
    • Calendar of Events
    • camp meeting
    • dates and reservations
  • GALLERY
    • -----------------------------------
    • 2023 portraits
    • 2022 portraits
    • 2021 portraits
    • 2020 portraits
    • 2019 portraits
    • 2018 portraits
    • 2017 portraits
    • -----------------------------------
    • - 2015-2016 archives
    • - 2013-2014 archives
    • - 2011-2012 archives
    • - 2005-2010 archives
    • -----------------------------------
  • LIVE STREAMING
    • JOIN OUR LIVE BROADCAST
  • RESOURCES
    • -----------------------------------
    • radio broadcast
    • -----------------------------------
    • study materials
    • - by author
    • - by category
    • - by title
    • -----------------------------------
    • sunday school (adult)
    • sunday school (primary)
    • sunday school (youth)
    • -----------------------------------
    • The Gospel Trumpeter
    • Bible Questions & Answers
    • -----------------------------------
    • the revelation chart
    • -----------------------------------
  • YOUTH
    • -----------------------------------
    • meet our local youth group
    • -----------------------------------
    • youth devotions
    • youth lessons
    • -----------------------------------
    • ARCHIVES (audio & video)
    • -----------------------------------
    • 2022 audio messages
    • 2023 audio messages
    • -----------------------------------
    • 2022 video messages
    • 2023 video messages
    • -----------------------------------
    • bible studies
    • senior bible studies
    • -----------------------------------
    • sunday school lessons
    • video lessons
    • -----------------------------------
    • the revelation chart
    • -----------------------------------
  • HOME
    • WHAT'S NEW?
  • ABOUT
    • contact us
    • our history
    • our pastor
    • visitors (FAQ)
    • what we believe
    • WHAT'S NEW?
  • AUDIO & VIDEO
    • -----------------------------------
    • audio - 2023 radio
    • -----------------------------------
    • audio - 2023 revivals & CM
    • audio - 2023 weekly services
    • -----------------------------------
    • VIDEO - 2023 revivals & cm
    • VIDEO - 2023 weekly services
    • -----------------------------------
    • music [choir]
    • -----------------------------------
  • CHILDREN
    • children's choruses
    • KAREN'S KORNER
    • printable lessons
    • sunday school
  • EVENTS
    • Calendar of Events
    • camp meeting
    • dates and reservations
  • GALLERY
    • -----------------------------------
    • 2023 portraits
    • 2022 portraits
    • 2021 portraits
    • 2020 portraits
    • 2019 portraits
    • 2018 portraits
    • 2017 portraits
    • -----------------------------------
    • - 2015-2016 archives
    • - 2013-2014 archives
    • - 2011-2012 archives
    • - 2005-2010 archives
    • -----------------------------------
  • LIVE STREAMING
    • JOIN OUR LIVE BROADCAST
  • RESOURCES
    • -----------------------------------
    • radio broadcast
    • -----------------------------------
    • study materials
    • - by author
    • - by category
    • - by title
    • -----------------------------------
    • sunday school (adult)
    • sunday school (primary)
    • sunday school (youth)
    • -----------------------------------
    • The Gospel Trumpeter
    • Bible Questions & Answers
    • -----------------------------------
    • the revelation chart
    • -----------------------------------
  • YOUTH
    • -----------------------------------
    • meet our local youth group
    • -----------------------------------
    • youth devotions
    • youth lessons
    • -----------------------------------
    • ARCHIVES (audio & video)
    • -----------------------------------
    • 2022 audio messages
    • 2023 audio messages
    • -----------------------------------
    • 2022 video messages
    • 2023 video messages
    • -----------------------------------
    • bible studies
    • senior bible studies
    • -----------------------------------
    • sunday school lessons
    • video lessons
    • -----------------------------------
    • the revelation chart
    • -----------------------------------
THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY​
​
​youth devotions for daily living
| inspiration from our youth leaders |

Keep in Step With the Spirit

9/8/2021

 
Picture
A popular song, written in 1918, tells of the parents of a young soldier who was marching off to war. These parents asked their friends: "Did you see my little Jimmy marching with the soldiers up the avenue? They were all out of step but Jim." Of course, what those proud parents did not realize was that their son was actually the only one marching out of step.
 
This verse brings to mind marching in step, or "lockstep," a way of marching with each person as close as possible to the one in front. Walking in the Spirit is to be "as close as possible to the One in front." This requires walking at the Holy Spirit’s pace, not ours.
 
When a decision needs to be made, are we "in step" with the opinions of others, or do we "walk in the Spirit"? We often do not want to be seen as odd or different, and it is much easier to go along with others, to keep in step with our friends and relatives. But if we do that, it will not be long until we will find God’s Spirit is way ahead of us, and we no longer have that close relationship with Him we once had.
 
To keep in step with the Holy Spirit will mean we are "out of step" with the world. They might view us as "little Jimmy," completely out of touch and out of step, but what are we out of step with? The world’s values, opinions, expectations? Those change continually and are impossible to be "in step" with. How much better to walk in step with God’s Spirit!

Comments are closed.

    Author

    Write something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview.

    Archives

    July 2023
    April 2023
    February 2023
    January 2023
    October 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

Copyright ©   Church of God, Inc.   All Rights Reserved. 675 North Cedar Street, Newark, OH 43055
Photo from vastateparksstaff