Tales of a Secret Rockstar

I think the hardest battle we humans have to fight in this world is the battle against our own flesh. I don't know why the church addresses this issue more. Maybe it's easier to deal with spiritual warfare when we attribute everything to Satan.

Granted Satan is the tempter/accuser of human kind, but he doesn't really have to start from scratch with us. I mean, As human beings we already have a "fallen nature." I've been thinking about that lately. To me, it seems like I have some kind of disease. As Paul said, "When I want to do good, evil is right there with me." It is insidious and sneaky, undermining even my best efforts at goodness.

The thing about this disease is that there is a cure. There has to be, or else we're all doomed. But so far I've found that simply asking Jesus into your heart when you're five years old doesn't suddenly fix everything. It seems, in my rather elementary understanding, that there is this daily process of crucifying the flesh, of putting to death that disease inside of us, through the grace and strength of God. Sure, it will never be fully eradicated until we see God face to face. All of us will face trials numerous before we see the consummation of our hope. But I take heart in knowing that I'm not a hopeless case. Now if only we could be a church that has a realistic and grace filled understanding of our own human natures.