Restoration Church

Here's an illustration of trying in the flesh versus walking by the Spirit. Trying in the flesh is like running on a treadmill. You're running. You're sweating. You're exhausted. You're working hard. But you're not actually moving forward. Walking by the Spirit still involves effort. It's stepping out onto a moving walkway where you still walk and you still move. But now power outside of you is carrying you forward. Many of us are trying to live a victorious Christian life on a treadmill on our own. And we can't go anywhere.