Your quest to operate in dominance I believe should
begin with you taking charge of the flesh. What is the flesh you might ask? The
flesh represents the fallen nature of man that fights against the renewed
nature of a person in Christ. (Copy and tweet). It's also the sum total of the expression of
the mind, emotions and the soul of a person that is not in concert with the
word of God and they do nothing to aid you in your walk with Christ.
Success or failure first begins with a person! (Copy and tweet). The
demands of the flesh are so real. Sometimes its push and pull makes it quite
daunting and difficult to live except through the grace of God. My nearest
experience was trying to help someone caught in an addiction to break free. Funny
enough during those days I wasn’t well equip but the lesson learnt has forever
stayed with me. When the flesh commands its demand, the human being without
the saving grace of Christ is left with no choice but that of obedience. (Copy and tweet). This
sort of enslavement is demeaning and devaluing! The whole purpose of Christ and
his death was to release power to man for dominance especially over the flesh. Man
is a spirit being and at the same time soulish entity. Interestingly we function well when
connected to the spirit. (Copy and tweet).
It’s out of this fallen nature or the flesh (not
physical flesh) that the destructive tendencies of drunkenness, drug
abuse, sexual depravity, murder and its ilk emanate. (Copy and tweet) The more you study the
bible the more you understand everything God warns us about is for our own
good. Know also that there is an eternal war between the demands of the flesh and
that of the Spirit and unfortunately man is the victim. If your flesh controls
you too much, it means your Spirit has been weakened and your connection to
righteousness is being weakened whilst that to sin is strengthened. (Copy and tweet). As long as
you are plugged into the demands of the flesh, the contamination begins and
leaves you dry without any hope except you taking charge through Christ.
The power of the flesh does only one thing- to hold
you ransom to evil. Even when you have the desire to do that which is right,
your abilities are poisoned and taken prisoner by that of the dictates of the
flesh. Paul bemoans the state of the individual who is under the dominance of
the flesh in Romans chapter 7. He paints a picture of an individual who desires to live right but
find himself doing the evil thereof because of the pull of the flesh. The
situation becomes grave to the point Paul calls it being wretched.
The flesh will leave you wretched and broken as all
it does is to keep you in sin. (Copy and tweet). God cannot do much with a person who in spite of
the death of Jesus is caught in the grips of the flesh. You cannot be friends
with the deeds of the flesh…it’s no one’s friend. If there is anything you need the power of God
to help you deal with, let it be to fight off the demands of the flesh.
To dominate your flesh here are some tips:-
1. Prayerfully identify what your weakness is.
(Everyone has a weakness and it’s through it that the flesh gains an
opportunity to cause one to sin) (Genesis 4:7)
2. Attack that weakness with every available
resource of the word, fasting and prayer. (Hebrews 4:12)
3. Learn to walk in the spirit and you will not
fulfil the deeds of the flesh. You learn to walk in the Spirit by:-
a. Constantly study the word of God (2 Timothy
2:15)
b. Commune with the Holy Spirit to know the will of
God for your life. (Ephesians 1:11)
c. Constantly be part of the gathering of
believers. What you constantly hear is something you will eventually become. (Hebrews 10:25).Yours,
Joe Akuoko II
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