1213B: Self Under Conrol
The final fruit of the Spirit is the steering wheel that keeps the others on course. Self-control is the will responding to the Spirit of God over the objections of the emotions or appetites. It is a life of balanced restraint. How do you deal with the emotions and appetites that attempt to rule your life? Test your anger. Test your envy. Test your gluttony. Test what you watch. Is it a calculated decision based on what is Scripturally best for you? Or do you watch what your appetites draw you towards? Do you decide based on what is best, or do your appetites cry out to be satisfied, and rather that hurt their feelings, you comply? Is your self under control?