- Romans 8:5-8 Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace. The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. Those who are in the realm of the flesh cannot please God.
Human beings have the ‘spirit and soul’ and the ‘body’, so you must do spiritual things as well as physical things. However, most people in the world do physical things first, so even if they succeed in physical things, they live failing spiritually. Therefore, human beings live while succeeding as well as failing. What must you do in order to live being successful both spiritually and physically every day?
First is ‘spiritual time’ so first do the spiritual work, next is ‘physical work’ together with ‘physical time’. That is, the person who achieves spiritual victory by doing first the things that should be done first in the proper order will also achieve physical victory.
There is not even one person in this world who achieved ‘spiritual success’ after doing physical work first. Consider the value of precious metals, compared to others ‘gold’ is more valuable and is first. In the same way, ‘spiritual things’ are more valuable and come first. Doing physical things first at the spiritual time is like an airplane taking off without having its fuel tank filled. It is 100% certain to crash while flying. You have to do spiritual things first.
Then God, the Holy Spirit, and the Lord will work upon you. This is because you must do spiritual things first in order to walk the ‘path of victory’. If you do physical things first, you will become irritated and even after you have finished them, you will feel uneasy and miserable. No matter how much you may eat, drink, love, and enjoy pleasure, you feel empty and it is like catching the wind because you are doing physical things first.
Even if you have done the physical things, because you failed to do spiritual things, your ‘spirit’ fails. Therefore, I pray that after hearing this Word you will do first the things that should be done first and so live a successful life and achieve victory.