The Danger of the Flesh

The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the LORD. 

All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the spirit. 

Commit your work to the LORD, and your plans will be established. - Proverbs 16:1-3

We need God’s strength and protection each day. One of the fundamental things we need protection from is ourselves. Desire a bigger impact in the world’s eyes rather than the impact God has for us is from the flesh.

“There is one comfort I have in this wilderness,

That is, your sympathy—

That which I endure today, you also faced.

That which I fight against, you also fought.

That which tempts me, also tempted you.

Lord God, strengthen me against the tactics of my foe.

Protect me from the snares of the devil.

Keep me from falling.

Make me stand.

I require your presence and help.

I do not want to give way to wrongdoing.

Holy Spirit, fill me anew.

Jesus, be my Strong Tower.

Heavenly Father, hear my cry for help:

Enfold me in your love so that I may find satisfaction

In you alone.

I wait, God, in the power of your Holy Spirit, by faith.”

Canyon Road : A Book of Prayer

Kari Kristina Reeves

Be content with where God has you; with doing the little things.

“Nowhere more than in America are Christians caught in the twentieth-century syndrome of size. Size will show success. If I am consecrated, there will necessarily be large quantities of people, dollars, etc. This is not so. Not only does God not say that size and spiritual power go together, but He even reverses this (especially in the teaching of Jesus) and tells us to be deliberately careful not to choose a place too big for us. We all tend to emphasize big works and big places, but all such emphasis is of the flesh. To think in such terms is simply to hearken back to the old, unconverted, egoist, self-centered Me. This attitude, taken from the world, is more dangerous to the Christian than fleshly amusement or practice. It is the flesh.” No Little People - Francis Schaeffer