Made To Worship

I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) nothing good dwells. Romans 7:18

Flesh is the Bible’s word for unperfected human nature. Leaving off the “h” and spelling it in reverse, we have the word “self.” Flesh is the self-­ life: it is what we are when we are left to our own devices. “Self” will show itself to be selfish. Jesus said that “the flesh profits nothing” (John 6:63). There was once a man who had lived a wild life and became a changed man when the Lord saved Him. His friend said to him, “I feel sorry for you. You’re going to church, praying and reading the Bible instead of going to the nightclubs, drinking, and enjoying beautiful women. You can’t do anything fun anymore.” The man laughed and said, “No, you don’t understand. It isn’t that I can’t; it’s that I don’t want to. The Lord changed what I want to do by making me a new man!” When we truly love God, we will “want to” do what pleases Him. The Bible promises that He will give us the desires of our hearts because our minds are “fixed” on Him. This is the work of His Spirit within us. It is God who makes it possible for us to live apart from fleshy desires while still in our human bodies. “If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit” (Galatians 5:25).
Graham, Billy. Truth for Each Day : A 365-Day Devotional, Thomas Nelson Incorporated, 2023. ProQuest Ebook Central, http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/liberty/detail.action?docID=30516542.
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