Set Free From Self-Focus: A 6-Day DevotionalNäide

If we walk by the Spirit, if we are willing to forgo what we’ve come to rely on for comfort — and willing, for a time, to experience the discomfort that happens in the letting-go process — our cravings to indulge will diminish. The Spirit leads us out of ourselves, so that we are no longer preoccupied with how we feel, what we want, and what we think we need. As we grow, we begin to see that self-preoccupation is what imprisoned us all along. 

As we walk by the Spirit, we are led away from ourselves and directed toward Christ. We become increasingly preoccupied with Him. In the process, we come to look more like Him. We reflect not the consequences of self-indulgence, but the fruit of self-control, love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, and gentleness.