Don't get mad...

"Why can't Christians concentrate of God for more than a few minutes at a time without our minds jumping to another subject? Why does focusing on Him seem so unnatural? At the same time we are engrossed with movies, sports, or video games for hours. We can cuddle up with sinful thoughts without interruption, and yet struggle to find an unbroken moment of pure reflection or spiritual mediation.

Why?

The truth is that you and I are both intuitively trained from within and highly skilled in the art of sin. Our default mode is self and anti-God.

We are hard-wired for wickedness. Programmed for a high-octane pursuit of soul-crimes/" -The Christian Zombie Killers Handbook: Slating the Living Dead Within  by Jeff Kinley

Romans 8:6-8 says

6 So letting your sinful nature control your mind leads to death. But letting the Spirit control your mind leads to life and peace. 7 For the sinful nature is always hostile to God. It never did obey God’s laws, and it never will. 8 That’s why those who are still under the control of their sinful nature can never please God.

Sometimes I forget that it's not enough just to be good. There is a battle going on between the flesh that I live in and my spirit that longs to do the will of God.

For the next few posts, I'm going to explore what the Bible says about living a life where our spiritual nature controls our natural nature and how that life is pleasing to God.

Stay tuned!