Gluttony on The Path to Destruction

As humans, our largest organ is our flesh. Most of our days are consumed with satiating its' endless demands. Aside from the obvious addictive behaviors, we don't consider our "normal" flesh gratification as anything out of the ordinary.

Therein lies the danger and true culprit of what keeps our inner man dull to fulfilling our calling and purpose. We are blinded and stunted by are carnal behaviors and spend our days rolling around in our troughs.

It's a sad state of affairs and when you have a mind that compels you to feed your flesh in even more extreme ways, our paralysis is assured, unless we grab a life raft from above.

Scripture tells us just how serious the outcome of flesh gratification is:

The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God. Gal 5:19-21

So how to stop the vicious cycle? There is one way and only one way to set ourselves free and that is to acknowledge that we have a problem with flesh gratification i.e. overeating, shopping, etc. and then acknowledge that we don't seem to have the ability, within ourselves, to abstain from said behavior, but the desire to turn away is there. The next step is to ask God to assist and place this behavior into His hands and ask Him to take it away from us.

From there, just trust and watch. Baby steps are all that are needed. With time and steady forward momentum, you will find yourself calling yourself out and utterly repelled by anything reminiscent of flesh feeding.

You will find yourself more frequently desirous of feeding your inner man. And, in no time, you will develop an addiction to spending time in the presence of God. And what could be better than that?

But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it. Matthew 7:14

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