Daily Devotional. He hath shewed thee, O man, what is GOoD; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to Do Justly , and to Love Mercy, and to Walk Humbly WITH thy God? Micah 6:8. For we Walk by Faith, not by sight: 2 Corinthians 5:7. This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall NOT fulfil the lust of the flesh. Galatians 5:16. Continuing on with our last discussion, it simply boils down to this. Until Christ is invited to get involved with you dealing with your self, flesh and old man nature, YOU ARE LITERALLY ASKING FLESH TO DEAL WITH FLESH. Your flesh IS the “fox guarding the hen house”, and that flesh is not nice about it, at all. Your flesh is fully and totally going to do everything it can to survive. When you try to get your flesh to do away with your flesh, “It aint hap’ning”. The best you can get will be a very temporary “laying down of arms”, TO BE SEEN PUBLICLY, while the rest of flesh is working to restock and restore that which was “taken”. Flesh will take on the APPEARANCE of stopping and going away, BUT WILL NEVER ACTUALLY GIVE UP IT’S HOLD ON ANYTHING IT HAS. That is, until you get so tired of “dealing” with your flesh yourself and you Cry Out to Christ, with your Whole Heart, to come in and deal with your flesh, ON HIS TERMS. Only He can make a difference that Truly crushes and removes the workings of flesh, self and the old man nature. In, with and through Christ ALONE your flesh will be relegated to a minor intrusion in your Life that Christ in you will keep under Control. Yes, you’re made of physical flesh and bone, but the NEEDS AND DESIRES of your flesh will be kept in check as only Christ can do. It can get to the point that your flesh will have to get “Christ’s Permission” to do something, before it can do anything. Seek the Face of Christ as He IS our Perfect Example of having flesh, self and the old man nature PERFECTLY UNDER CONTROL. The more you allow CHRISTLIKENESS to “infiltrate” your Mind, Soul and Body, the more CHRISTLIKE you will, Be Blessed.
