GOOD, GOOD

GOOD! GOOD! GOOD!

Six times in the first chapter of Genesis, the Lord is recorded to say that what He had created was GOOD. See Verses 4, 10, 12, 18, 21 and 25.

But, when He had created MAN, He said (vs 31) of ALL His Creation, "It is VERY GOOD."

The Lord was quite proud of what He had done, and with good reason, for every creature was equipped with a built-in instinct which would cause them to behave in just the way He had intended for them to behave. Each specie had its own instinct, or LAW of behavior.

Genesis 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in his [own] image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

But, as time went on, MAN made a decision to depart from God's control, and do things his own way. He rebelled against the authority of God's Word in his life. He "would do things in his own way, thank you."

Ecclesiastes 7:29 Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.

Since that first act of rebellion against the leadership of the Spirit of God, the human race has had a constant struggle with that nature of rebellion against the Creator.

Those of us who would desire to be led of the Spirit of God in our manner of life are beset with all manner of obstacles. Perhaps the most difficult hurdle is to know the difference between the influence of the Spirit of God and the influence of the spirit of rebellion. That spirit is resident in us at all times. It NEVER GIVES UP.

The Holy Spirit, on the other hand must be SOUGHT AFTER, and wooed to us, if we are to have its influence to any great extent in our lives.

And there MUST be some ROOM IN OUR LIVES provided for that HOLY SPIRIT, if we are have it's benefits in our lives. Making ROOM entails a deliberate choice on our part to seek deliverance from our own self-will, and ask for the Holy Spirit to guide us.

Today, each of us are predominately yielding to one of two spirits-- the spirit of MAN, or the Spirit of GOD. They are diametrically opposed to each other.