Matthew 26:41 "watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation;The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak:"
Jesus facing the worst night in human history,the night when the love of God came face to face with the hatred in man. Jesus in the garden with Peter, James,and John,as Jesus finds them sleep and says "watch and pray that you enter not into temptation;the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is week".
Saints we have trouble in our relationship with Christ because of a weak flesh.The flesh is an enemy to God, it fights against the spirit it is the inner me, my biggest enemy.The will of the flesh allows us to openly deny Christ,to cowardly desert Christ,and knowingly sell him out for the love of money, and in some cases renounce all relationship to him.We must stay alert, be on guard,for the enemy within, observe our selves, that we are not lead astray by the lust and demands of the flesh. We must watch our attitude toward one another,and be watchful in our service both to Christ and to each other.We can't sleep on the job,so we must pray to God that by his grace he keeps us awake. Pray for strength for one another,pray for guidence, pray in all situations, as prayer is to the spirit, what breathing is to the flesh.Saints the word says" a man ought to always pray", so let us pray without ceasing that we don't give in to the weakness of the flesh.
Jesus said" watch and pray that you enter not into temptation"; to enter: go in "willfully",Saints our rebillious nature willfully disobeys Gods commands, as the flesh is weak.It will cause you to deny Christ in our talk, at a time when a witness is needed, abandon him with our walk, when we are needed to stand with and for him.If not kept in check the desires of the flesh will kill the willingness of the spirit, as they war constantly , the flesh never wants to do, what the spirit knows needs to be done .Jesus in the garden,a willing spirit,fighting with a rebillious flesh, says "not my will but thy will be done".His flesh wanted the cup to pass, but not his will, but the will of the Father be done.
Saints,God can take a willing spirit, a humble spirit,a loving spirit and save the whole world.He took the willingness of Jesus,the love of Jesus and humbleness of Jesus and made him the perfect sacrifice for an imperfect people,to control a rebillious flesh and encourage a willing spirit.
We have some christians who are physical giants but are spiritual midgets.We sometimes spend so much time dealing with the wants, needs and desires of the flesh we neglect the needs of the spirit.The spirit man needs to eat, has to be excersied,and talked to just like the physical man.Let us devote more time to our spirit man today,strengthen him, that we might be able to deny self and say like Jesus" not my will but thy will be done"
ReplyDeleteThe deadliest enemy of ALL-SELF! Romans 8:7 – For the carnal mind (SELF) is enmity against God. If there is anything that I constantly fight against and wrestle with is the enemy in me. That is the one that I am most concerned about – the enemy “IN-A-ME"
ReplyDeleteThe greatest judgment that could ever confront any of us is for God to turn us over to ourselves. Romans 7:19 – For the good that I would do I do not, but the evil which I would not, that I do.
A WILLING SPIRIT AND A REBELLIOUS FLESH- THE GOD in me IS WILLING AND SELF-My flesh is UNWILLING, so I MUST PUNISH MYSELF BY STAYING IN THE WORD OF GOD DAILY IN ORDER TO SERVE GOD OR PLEASE HIM.
Amen! Love that... the "IN-A-ME"... A true Constant Battle! The more a cleanse, the more Satan tries to trash! It's like living with a someone who shares none of your Beliefs, Morals, or Goals. They try to keep your House dirty and in disarray. I wake up Cleaning, I Clean all Day and before I go to bed. I can't evict this person, for he lives inside of me. All I can do is Keep Cleaning (Praying) trying to stay on top of the mess by keeping My House in order. Because this House is Temporary, My Father Has Many a Mansion waiting for me...Hallelujah!
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