Religion & Spirituality
Throughout the Bible, we see a cyclical pattern of behavior. When people have a Reliance on God, they prosper. After a time, they begin to take responsibility for their prosperity, losing interest in following God, and they fall away. When they become weary, they begin again to seek, finding their way back to God. Repentance happens, God forgives and restoration takes place. How can we break this cycle? Can this cycle be broken? Can we just have a relationship where we seek, find, and prosper in Him? Yes, according to Paul, if we cease to live in the realm of the flesh and begin living in the realm of the Spirit.