Daily Reading 12-19-16
Galatians 4:8-20 New Living Translation (NLT)
It is the calling of spiritual guides and leaders to teach the truth of God’s Word to receiving hearts until Christ is fully developed in their lives. Humans can get sidetracked and lose focus on the most important things. That is why we must follow Christ. As we place our faith in the work of the Word, spiritual maturity is developed and we become more like Jesus. Because of the Light Christ brings, we can love God and others in a purer way. We can be filled with joy!
As we are learning, we may not like everything spiritual leaders say about our attitudes or actions. However, we need to receive correction and allow a time to examine our hearts. Then, we can invite the Spirit to bring the necessary change. In our passage today, we realize the Apostle Paul is not real popular with some of the people in the early church at Galatia because he has corrected them, but he is going to tell them the truth, anyway.