Flesh and spirit

“Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit.” John 3:6
Throughout our Christian walk we will always have a struggle between the flesh and spirit natures. It’s part of being human, yet also having an eternal destiny in heaven. The flesh wants to be pleased at all costs, it wants everything ‘now’, and it has no regard for the things of God. The spirit, as you might have guessed, is the opposite. It wants to do God’s will.
It’s been said many times before, the thing that you feed is the one that will grow strong. Are we feeding the flesh, or feeding the spirit? Are we being dictated to by the flesh and its lusts, or being led by the Spirit?
The Bible tells us we are not to submit to the flesh, but to put it to death (Rom. 8:13, Col. 3:5). This isn’t a once-and-for-all thing, but it a conscious decision we must make, every hour of every day. One day we will be free of this body and its sinful desires. The person who is weak in the spirit will appear like the runt of the litter who has been rescued from some dire fate. But those who are strong in the Lord in this life will continue to be strong.