The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak

“Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak” Matthew 26:41.

We are not strong in ourselves. The flesh, where the sin lives is not a strong part of us. Actually, it is easily influenced by various temptations and quite often gives in. Our spirit is ready to fight, but it also needs strength from on high. How does the strength come? Well, Jesus told us right in this verse. We have to pray. God strengthens us as we pray. We have to be humble and admit our weaknesses and pray for God's grace to strengthen us. 

God's grace and prayer are inseparable. Grace is God's part, prayer is our part, which is accepting whatever is necessary for that specific moment. It's not only for resisting temptations, but for absolutely anything we need and pray for. Let's not rely on our own strength in our daily lives, but pray daily and open ourselves for God's help to come. God hears every word you say. He knows what you need before you even utter a word. Yet, He tells us to pray. He wants us to cooperate with His grace. He loves answering our prayers. So, let's continue praying. The world is in tumultuous time and lots of challenges may be ahead. Prayer is a tool that will help us get to the throne of grace and get help in these tumultuous times. 

Bible verse of the day 3

Hello, this is the third post on my blog and I continue giving you verses from the book of Genesis. Let us look at two verses from the third chapter 6-7: “When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves“.

Satan used Eve’s vision and hearing senses to temp her to eat the forbidden fruit. Nothing has changed since the times of the fall. Devil has been using the same strategies and methods to get to us and we humans learn too slowly to understand that and defend ourselves against these attacks of the enemy. 

Another thing is that sin looks very nice before we do it, but when we actually try it, our eyes open and we find ourselves in a very pitiful situation. We see that we are spiritually naked. Let us know that so that when the next time tempter comes we would be ready.

See also yesterday’s post

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