“Human Nature.”

“It’s just Human Nature…”

Wrong answer.

Human nature as it was intended to be, was oneness with God, in a place where sin and shame knew no home, and lack and need weren’t even in existence. Human Nature was talking, walking, with God, in a state of earth and mind that we can’t even grasp.

And sadly, Human Nature has been corrupted.

First with Adam and Eve in the Garden, and every single second, of every day of existence since. This new nature, we call Sin. It is a virus, taking root first in our thoughts, spreading into our actions, and one day we realize we’ve allowed ourselves to become trapped in it because we stopped focusing on our original calling, to follow God, and have let ourselves be swayed by our Sinful Nature (otherwise known as our ‘flesh’.)

When we give into our ‘Flesh’ – very cunningly disguised by society as the new definition of “Human Nature” – and toss God’s desires for us to the side, we are opening ourselves up to this virus.

It doesn’t take much to become vulnerable to this disease.

A little ‘white lie’ could get you caught in a web of deceit. A lustful thought becomes a fantasy, and a fantasy turns into action. A rumor among friends becomes a lie that shatters someone’s social life. Simple ‘flirting’ turns into something much less seemingly innocent.

All said and done, every little ‘door’ that we open, every thing that we do, say, or think about, leads to more just like it.

It is crucial for our total survival (both physical and spiritual) that we cling not to our flesh and the desires of our Sinful Nature, but that we strive to return back to what God made us to be.

 

The Original Human Nature – made in His Image and in His Likeness, to fellowship and share in His Blessings and Glory.