Ephesians 6:6 Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; KJV
Whether it be loving God, service to God, or fulfilling the purpose for which God has created us, there is but one way that man or woman can do the will of God in any area: “From the heart.” And the apostle Paul’s exposition of the life led by the Spirit as opposed to the life led by the flesh does much to explain why: “[…] Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.” To be sure, Paul is not suggesting that those who have been re-created in the image of Jesus Christ no longer inhabit earthen vessels of carnal flesh, and thus are unable to please God. Instead, he suggests that our carnal mind and flesh is incapable (in and of its own leadership) of fulfilling godly, spiritual aims; all of which explains why one can only do the will of God from the heart. For no matter how determined one may be to do the will of God, if it proceeds from one’s flesh and not from one’s spirit (the heart), the enterprise has failed from the outset:
“But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.”-John 4:23-24
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