Keeping the meat under control.

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One of the strongest struggles of the Christian is the fight against the flesh. That daily struggle with the old man who wants to emerge and have control, who wants to impose himself and make the Christian go against the will of God.

But the word of God is clear to warn us that everything the flesh desires goes against the spirit of God, and that if we allow ourselves to be led by the flesh we will not enter the kingdom of God. The word shows us what are those desires of the flesh that are contrary to the spirit of God.

Galatians 5: 16-21.

16 I say, then: Walk in the Spirit, and do not fulfill the desires of the flesh. 17 For the lust of the flesh is against the Spirit, and the desire of the Spirit is against the flesh; and these are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want. 18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. 19 And manifest are the works of the flesh, which are adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, 20 idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, anger, strife, dissensions, heresies, 21 envy, murder, drunkenness, orgies, and things similar to these; about which I admonish you, as I have told you before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

There is only one way to succeed in this field: to have communion with God, because with our strength we can not control it.

There are fields in which we will have full control, but in other fields we will not. Only by being in constant communion with God, reading the word, praying, gathering together, can we have under control these desires of the flesh that want to control our lives, because it is their human nature that we always want to impose and the Christian must stop living under all human nature and reach a spiritual level in union with the Holy Spirit of God.

1 Corinthians 9: 25-27

25 Everyone who fights abstains from everything; they, indeed, to receive a corruptible crown, but we, an incorruptible. 26 So I run like this, not like the luck; In this way I fight, not like someone who hits the air; 27 But I beat my body and put it into servitude, lest, having been a harbinger to others, I myself should be eliminated.

Many believe that by going from time to time to go to a church and say I am a Christian, you have already done everything. The truth is that if any desire of the flesh dominates his will, it is simply against the spirit of God. It is not easy to completely eliminate these instincts, but if the Christian is aware that it is not by his own strength but with the holy spirit of God, and daily communion with him, it is easier to have control.

Zechariah 4: 6

6 Then he kept saying to me:
This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel, and it says:
"Not with army, nor with strength,
but with my spirit,
says the LORD of hosts.
7 Who are you, great mountain?
In front of Zerubbabel you will be reduced to plain;
He will take the first stone between acclamations of:
How beautiful, how beautiful she is! "

In this verse we see that God knows that with our strength we will not achieve it, but He will be with us so that we can achieve it, as long as we are in constant communion with Him.

Our communion and effort will be rewarded by the victory that God will give us to keep the flesh under control.