As long as you live on this earth, you are going to be saddled with a weakness. What is it? The flesh and blood body you live in. It is a body that is subject to death. A body that is subject to the physical world around you.
Your reborn spirit does not want to sin. It wants to be completely obedient to God. But the weakness of the flesh causes you to fall prey to the temptations around you.
Does that mean you are doomed to a life of failure until Jesus comes and that flesh body is glorified?
No! It means you need to build your spirit up, to strengthen it, until it dominates your flesh. We are told to crucify the flesh. Your spirit man must dominate your body. Praying in the spirit by the Holy Spirit applies spirit to flesh. It causes your spirit to rise up and take charge. Just like using barbells strengthens your arms, praying in tongues strengthens your spirit. You see, your spirit is more powerful than your flesh, and as you give it outflow, the flesh will simply have to yield to it. Most believers do not understand that. They will be overwhelmed by some sin, and instead of conquering it by the things of God such as praying in the spirit, they will simply keep struggling to overcome in natural ways. So, they end up failing again and again.
If you are caught in that cycle, take heart! God has not commanded you to be more spiritual than you can be. He knows your weakness and He has given you a way to overcome it. He has given you the ability to pray in tongues, and with your understanding to wield the sword of the Spirit which is the Word of God. It does not matter how badly you are failing in everything else; you can do these things!
Be warned though, satan will try to talk you out of it. He knows that once you learn how to bring the flesh in line, he will have no foothold left in your life. You will shut the door on him and he will not be able to get in.
“So too the [Holy] Spirit comes to our aid and bears us up in our weakness; for we do not know what prayer to offer nor how to offer it worthily as we ought, but the Spirit Himself goes to meet our supplication and pleads in our behalf with unspeakable yearnings and groanings too deep for utterance.” Romans 8:26 (AMPC)
Renew your commitment to praying in the spirit today. Make a quality decision to follow the command God gives in Jude 20 and “build yourselves up … on your most holy faith [make progress, rise like an edifice higher and higher], praying in the Holy Spirit” (AMPC)!
“Father, I come to You in the Name of Jesus. I command my spirit to rise up and take hold of my flesh, to rule over it, and I command my flesh to submit to my spirit. Lord, forgive me for any altar I may have built to honour my flesh. I demolish it right now. I declare that my spirit will arise and be built up and upon on Your Holy foundation. Thank you that it is You who gives me strength to overcome. Amen.”
God’s Richest Love and Blessings be your portion today.
André and Nicole Binneman
(P.S. – If you need any prayer or counselling in light of your current difficulties and circumstances, please reach out to us at https://lifestylez.co.za/contact-us/.)
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