Some wild animals are man-eaters. Human flesh interests them. Satan is a man-eater. Human flesh interests him! But this flesh of men he that is after, is not composed of tissue and blood. It is rather a composition of ingredients such as self, pride, vanity, carnality, etc.Daniel was cast into the den of man-eater lions. But the lions could not eat him – because Daniel had no flesh, so to speak! He was classed with ‘spirit-men’ “whose dwelling is not with flesh”. Satan, the ‘roaring lion’ seeks flesh, but he cannot touch you as long as there is no ‘flesh’ in you.
Satan has made his den, the world, a flesh farm – to rear people for flesh, just like they do in the pig farm. His agents in the farm, the wicked spirits, supply the flesh ingredients. Besides the already available fleshy world-men, to augment his supply of flesh, he looks to cheating ‘bony’ Spirit-men into entering his farm, to make them develop flesh.
Jesus bore His cross and went to the place of a skull (Golgotha). The skull has no flesh, no fleshy brain. Jesus therefore did not murmur. We bear our cross, but we may be in the place where the skull has brain. The brain says: ‘Should I tread such a reproachful, ‘trialsome’ and burdensome path, buffeted by men and matter? Is this my fate?’
Let us cast off ‘flesh and brain’ and put on the Daniel-like ‘excellent spirit’ — the Spirit of glory and of God (I Pet 4:14). Daniel was exalted; we will be glorified!
– Taken from Morning Manna – Thoughts for Daily Devotion
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