Have you ever stopped to think about how we are at war with our own flesh every day? Our spirit is willing, but our flesh is weak. We wake up and our spirit says, “It’s a great day; let’s go for a walk.” However, our flesh says, “Seriously…hit the snooze button. We’ll start tomorrow.” We decide to make healthier choices concerning food, and suddenly our bodies turn into the Cookie Monster screaming, “Cookie, cookie, cookie!” Our spirit longs for discipline, yet our bodies act like a spoiled two-year-old throwing a temper tantrum. If we wouldn’t tolerate that kind of behavior from our child, why do we allow our flesh to get away with it? When our bodies don’t want to do what our spirit knows it needs to do, we should simply tell it to shut up, get up, and get busy. In Christ we have authority over our flesh, and we are no longer slaves to it. Hebrews 12:11 (NIV) says, “No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.”Hard, yes. Impossible, no. Proclaim, all things are possible in Christ. As we go into 2021, let us commit to being disciplined in Christ.