THE GREEK MEANING OF THE WORD YIELD IS TO OFFER OR MAKE OURSELVES AVAILABLE TO GOD; TO ACKNOWLEDGE GOD’S SOVEREIGN AUTHORITY IN OUR LIVES.
16 LET ME EMPHASIZE THIS: AS YOU YIELD TO THE DYNAMIC LIFE AND POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, YOU WILL ABANDON THE CRAVINGS OF YOUR SELF-LIFE. 17 WHEN YOUR SELF-LIFE CRAVES THE THINGS THAT OFFEND THE HOLY SPIRIT YOU HINDER HIM FROM LIVING FREE WITHIN YOU! AND THE HOLY SPIRIT’S INTENSE CRAVINGS HINDER YOUR SELF-LIFE FROM DOMINATING YOU! SO THEN, THE TWO INCOMPATIBLE AND CONFLICTING FORCES WITHIN YOU ARE YOUR SELF-LIFE OF THE FLESH AND THE NEW CREATION LIFE OF THE SPIRIT. GALATIONS 5:15-17 THE PASSION TRANSLATION (TPT)