Sunday, May 31, 2026

Alex Buabeng-Korsah

TOPIC: YOUR FLESH IS NOT YOUR FRIEND

THEME SCRIPTURE:  “Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.” — Galatians 5:24

 

PREPARATORY QUESTION

1. What sinful desire have you stopped fighting because you secretly enjoy feeding it?

 

Your flesh is not misunderstood. It is not harmless. It is not something to “manage carefully.” Scripture says it must be crucified.

Not entertained. Not negotiated with. Killed.

But modern Christianity has become skilled at pampering what God commanded us to execute. People protect the very appetites destroying them. They excuse lust as weakness, greed as ambition, pride as confidence, laziness as exhaustion, and bitterness as discernment.

The flesh always sounds reasonable when it wants permission to survive.

That is why many believers remain spiritually stagnant for years. They want the comfort of Christianity without the violence of self-denial. They want peace without confrontation. Blessing without death. Victory without sacrifice.

But Jesus never called you to improve your flesh. He called you to deny it.

Your flesh will sabotage every spiritual thing God wants to build in your life. It hates prayer because prayer weakens self-rule. It hates repentance because repentance humiliates pride. It hates obedience because obedience surrenders control.

And if you have been constantly feeding your flesh, do not act shocked that your spiritual life stays powerless.

You cannot binge on compromise and expect intimacy with God. You cannot constantly gratify sinful desires and still walk in spiritual authority. Whatever you feed grows. Whatever you starve weakens.

You delete conviction with entertainment. You silence guilt with distraction. You surround yourself with voices that comfort your carnality instead of confronting it. Then you wonder why your heart feels distant from God.

Key Takeaway

The flesh does not retire peacefully. It fights for survival until the day you die. And if you stop resisting it, it will gladly rule you.

So precious one, stop making peace with the thing Christ died to destroy. The cross was never meant to decorate your life. It was meant to execute your old life. Today,  if through the Spirit, you will mortify the deeds of the flesh, you shall live.

Remain blessed.

 

FURTHER READING: Romans 8:5–13; Matthew 16:24–25; Colossians 3:5; 1 Corinthians 9:27

 

Call to Salvation: Today is your day if you have not received salvation by turning over your life to Jesus Christ. Click here to do so.

 

QUESTIONS TO HELP YOU MEDITATE ON THE WORD

1. What sinful appetite am I still feeding?

2. Where have I confused temptation with permission?

3. What habits are strengthening my flesh while starving my spirit?

4. Am I truly crucifying the flesh, or merely managing appearances?

 

PRAYER

Father, expose every compromise I continue to protect. Teach me to hate the sin I keep excusing. I refuse to nourish the flesh while pretending to pursue holiness. Strengthen me to crucify sinful desires instead of entertaining them. Let the cross cut deeper than my comfort, pride, and cravings. Make me ruthless against everything in me that opposes You. In Jesus' precious name, Amen.

 

One-Year Bible Reading Plan

Proverbs 23, Psalm 126