Gal 6:1-18

"Let us keep in step with the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other." (v5:25-26).

Paul shows us what the church will be like when Christians are walking with the Spirit:

• We will gently restore other believers who are caught in a sin (v1).
• And we will do this without being tempted to pride in ourselves (v1).
• We will carry each other's burdens (v2).
• We will live with appropriate humility (v3-5).
• We will share all good things with each other (v6).
• We will reap a harvest for God's kingdom (v9).
• We will do good to others (v10).

These things are more of the fruits of walking in the Spirit. It is the Spirit that enables us. If we listen to those who tell us that we must live by our own efforts, we are in danger of missing out on a life lived by grace. "Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything; what counts is a new creation" (v15).

Almighty God, thank you for making me a new creation - by Your grace alone through the work of Jesus. Help me to remember these truths as I live out my life. Show me how to live by Your Spirit and in Your Grace.