It is the Spirit that gives us life, not the flesh. Often what we hear from the world blinds us since it sounds more logical. Generally, it defines us and eventually it limits us, and leaves us hopeless. It blinds us to a state, that we no longer see what God intended for us, and we lose the reality of our identity in him. We often fail to identify that it is his Spirit that gives life to us, which is in-built in us. Whatever suffering we might go through, whatever price we might have to pay, we will stand worthy when his Word bears fruit in us. Till this takes place; in a worldly sense, it will be of no worth. We will be failures and losers. Yet once we recognize his living waters, we can identify that we are conquerors in Christ Jesus. We see St Peter speaking the words of life over Aeneas, a man who lived a failed hopeless life. Once St Peter spoke, his reality changed and the life-giving Spirit restored him, so his sickness did not define him but the identity of the Lord did. Today we are freely given his life-giving Spirit so we may live and not die.

Prayer: Abba Father, we turn to you, in you we are more than conquerors. Amen.