The Natural Man/Woman is An Enemy to God

The older I get, the more I realize that life is one big attempt to overcome ourselves:

• Exercise - The natural man prefers to be lazy
• Consequences - poor health, get fat, more stressed out, women have weaker bones, lower metabolism, loss of muscle tone, I could go on and on...
• Spirituality/Religion -  The natural man sins and forgets God
• Consequences - loses his relationship with God, falls into temptation, wastes eternal potential, forfeits lasting happiness
• Food - The natural man goes for the best tasting food that he can get the quickest
• Consequences - poor health, gets fat, irritable, no energy, little satisfaction
• Political Matters - The natural man doesn't want to get involved
• Consequences - the few gain control of the power, loses freedom, gets taken advantage of
• Dental Hygiene - The natural man doesn't want to floss, maybe not even brush
• Consequences - tooth decay, gum disease, root canals, early dentures
• Housework - The natural man doesn't want to do any
• Consequences - you live in a pig sty, you surround yourself with unsanitary conditions, your house smells, can't feel the Spirit in your home

The list goes on folks. These things can effect (and have effected) generations! Lesson here is that we need to keep paddling up the river, because if we stop, that waterfall is right behind us!