THURSDAY, 13TH NOVEMBER, 2025
THE CHARACTER OF YOUR INWARD MAN – Pastor Chris
For I delight in the law of God after the inward man (Romans 7:22).
In Romans 7:22, Paul the apostle uses a striking phrase: “the inward man.” That’s the real you. The outward man, clothed in beautiful apparel, is simply the house in which the real person lives. So, when Paul said, “I delight in the law of God after the inward man,” he was showing us something deeply spiritual: your inner man is active, aware, and responsive to God.
Everything you are, outwardly, is a reflection of your inner person. In the spirit realm, you don’t appear as someone else; no! You look like you. So when you see yourself in the spirit, there’s no confusion or disconnect. You’ll say, “Yes, that’s me!” Your spirit carries your identity.
Someone might ask, “If I’m physically fat, for example, does that mean my spirit is fat?” No, this is not about body mass or the anatomy of the physical body. In the spirit, you don’t see a fat or thin person; you simply see you. The real transformation, the one that truly matters, is your inner man. That’s why the emphasis is building your inner man; that’s where the day-to-day renewal takes place: “For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day” (2 Corinthians 4:16).
If you want changes in your life, start from the inside. Many struggle with discipline, for instance, but discipline isn’t achieved by external effort alone. It begins in the inward man. Train your spirit, feed it with the Word, and your outward life will align. That’s why we say, “Change the inside first”; change the inner man, and the outward man will follow.
PRAYERDear Father, thank you for enlightening me through your Word to recognise my true self, the inward man. I grow in character and strength from within, and my outward life is shaped by the excellence of my spirit, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
FURTHER STUDY
2 Corinthians 4:16 AMPC
Therefore we do not become discouraged (utterly spiritless, exhausted, and wearied out through fear). Though our outer man is [progressively] decaying and wasting away, yet our inner self is being [progressively] renewed day after day.
1 Peter 3:4 KJV
But [let it be] the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, [even the ornament] of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
Ephesians 3:16 KJV
That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
DAILY SCRIPTURE READING
1-Year Bible Reading Plan: Hebrews 11:1-16 & Ezekiel 5-7
2-Year Bible Reading Plan: John 11:47-57 & 1 Chronicles 13
