Over indulgence is the mark of our generation. Self-control is not intemperate, it is not given to outburst of anger, it is not given to unbridled consumption. We usually talk about self-control as our human effort; well, here it is about the Spirit’s fruit producing what we cannot produce by our self-efforts. Are we not powerless without the power of the enabling Spirit? Let the Spirit help you with undisciplined eating (We have redefined gluttony in ways that gets us off the hook). Let the Spirit help you with your habits, your devices, your tendencies, and your passions. He can generate fruit that makes a new you.
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control” (Galatians 5:22-23a NASB).
