How feeding the flesh can destroy you
If you feed a stray can, you know it’s going to come back. The truth is whatever you feed follows you, it comes back to you. The same principle applies to feeding your fleshly desires.
The Bible tells us that feeding the flesh can lead to feelings of bitterness, perfection, addiction, and even anger, which leads to destruction. The fruit of feeding our desires is rotten and can start to destroy us. When we feed our spirit it leads to life, peace, and joy
Culture tells us, there’s time to be serious and settle down. You only live once so live it up. And pursue whatever you want now and don’t worry about the consequences. This is called “present bias.” Present bias favors the rewards today over the rewards of tomorrow.
At the moment, things seem fun and care free. But the longer we do it tho more it encourages us to take risks, doing things we wouldn’t normally do. We can end up unknowingly feeding our flesh that the desires we have leads to potentially destroy us later.
When we only feed our worldly desires it will sooner or later become a problem. They become all we think about.
God wants us to enjoy life, but there has to be a balance of spiritual and worldly.
The Law Of The Harvest
The law of the harvest is you reap what you sow. Whatever you plant will grow. If you feed the flesh, you will reap corruption and destruction.
Galatians 6:7-9 says,
“Do not be deceived. God will not be mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. For he who sows to his flesh will from the flesh reap corruption. But he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. Let’s not be weary of doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don’t give up.
The word “mocked” in this verse means to turn your nose up at God. Paul cautioned us to think twice about the laws God created for us to live by, and to apply them personally. We might think we are “getting away” with something now, but the law of the harvest says we will reap what we sow at some point.
That you sow a thought, and you real an action. You sow an act, and you reap a habit. You sow a habit, and you reap a character. You sow a character. And you reap a destiny.
Ralf Waldo Emerson
Feeding the flesh generally doesn’t start as a feast, it begins with a little nibble.
A couple of drinks after work can lead to a 6-pack every night, then a 12-pack. And the snowball gets bigger as it rolls down hill.
Pain from the past that’s never been dealt with leads to bitterness and anger that leads to triggers that can destroy friendships, marriages, and even the children and over time that unforgiveness in the heart and you push everyone away.
Paul gives this warning in Philippians,
“Whose end is destruction, whose god is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame -who set their mind on earthly things” – Philippians 3:19
One thing we shouldn’t be feeding is sin. Feeding sin allows decay and destruction into our lives. Sin is anything that separates us from God. Sin always leads to death. The Bible says that when we choose to sin, though we might not die right away, we open doors and invite decay into our lives.
Being balanced in our spirit and flesh means carving some time out to get into God’s Word and practicing what it says. Hebrews 12:11 says,
“Righteousness and peace are for those who have been trained.”
The training is practicing. Discipline unleashing the power of God in your life.
When you stop feeding your flesh and decide to feed your spirit God releases His power in your life.
We were not meant to run the race of life alone. The church body is here to encourage us and hold us accountable. When we choose God He says “He will never leave us or forsake us.” (Hebrews 13:5).
From Pity to Praise 