The Walking Dead

"Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. On him God the Father has placed his seal of approval." - John 6:27

AMC's hit TV show The Walking Dead features zombies that do nothing but walk around from place to place looking for food. They eat, but are never satisfied. They remind me of many who proclaim themselves as Christians. They are unfilled, empty and never satisfied. They are emotionally detached and spiritually broken. They've become dead to any new ideas, any fresh way of thinking, and the only way they can satisfy themselves is to consume you, your hope and your dreams.

Some have entered into the church, but not have allowed Christ to enter into them. They feed off of the latest gossip, spread the biggest lies, and get fulfilled by watching the division between brothers and sisters in the Lord. And at one point in our lives, we too may have been like zombies. Plunging ourselves into sin-filled binges trying to find satisfaction in just one more joint, just one more drink, or just one more sexual partner.  None of these are the true walking dead. They're actually dead men walking.

Let's face it. Sin is insatiable. It is never satisfied and is only fulfilling for a moment. It doesn't matter how long we try to hold on to the moment, it will come to an end; leaving us feeling empty and broken. The promise we have in Jesus is one that fills, completes, and heals.

When we're dead men walking, we are incapable of sensing the move of the Spirit, consistently hearing the voice of the Lord, or seeing the hand of God. We fight with our hands and with weapons that have no avail on the enemy who is against us. But, when we are the walking dead, we move, live and breath in the Spirit! We fight with spiritual weapons that are powerful enough to pull down strongholds and cast out demonic spirits from our presence! Living in the Spirit is living in the fullness of Christ!

The word of God says, "And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness". - Romans 8:10  When you are the walking dead, your life is no longer consumed with feeding your flesh it's sinful desires. Your desires are driven towards only the sustenance that will only fill your spirit. Those who are alive in Christ are the walking dead of a different kind. Where we are dead to our flesh and the deeds of it, but we are alive in Christ!

Dead in the deeds of my sin, but alive in the Spirit of the Living God! I'm so glad to be considered one of the walking dead rather than a dead man walking. How about you?

Alive in Christ,

Tracy Gale