As I Feel My Flesh Rise Up

Michael E. Wood

March 2013

What then? Are we to sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness? But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed, and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness. I am speaking in human terms, because of your natural limitations. For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification. Romans 6:15-19

One of the greatest challenges we face on a day to day basis is the ongoing battle with our flesh to bring it into subjection that we might spend quality time with God our Father in prayer. Does it not seem that our minds can go a thousand different directions and we not only feel the temptation to rise and do other things but actually more often than we would like to admit we give way to those temptations to do other things rather than to pray. Let us look to Christ for strength to subdue our flesh and seek a greater level of communion with our Father for His infinite glory!

Oh, as I feel my flesh rise up

To go both here and there

Oh help me know Your presence

And the power that You share

With all those You purchased

By Your blood in Holy union

And raised us up to know You

And the Father in communion.