When a man’s ways please the Lord, He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him (Proverbs 16:7)
There is a song that I’ve been listening to on repeat for the past few weeks called Undah di Blood. One of the lines goes “Fighting against three terrible enemies; the World, Satan, and Myself against me. I’m used to hearing about spiritual warfare against the world and satanic powers. But how do you fight against an enemy that is built into your very nature? How do you win the battle against your sinful flesh?
The apostle Paul when addressing the Corinthian church tells them the keys to winning the war against your flesh. In 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 ESV it says
For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ, and being ready to punish all disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled.
Fruitful Thoughts
Your mind and body are your personal garden of Eden. Within you, the Lord God walks daily and lives side by side through His Holy Spirit indwelling inside of your spirit. The fruits that your life produces will be based on the seeds that are planted in the Garden of your Mind. Your mind is where foundational change will first take place in your walk with the Lord. Empowered by His Holy Spirit is where you will begin to have the thoughts of Christ. The first step in that process is recognizing that your flesh constantly produces unrighteous thoughts brought about by a lifetime of worldly seeds planted into your mind. Therefore we must forsake and leave the old thought system behind.
“Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; Let him return to the Lord, and He will have mercy on him; and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon. For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways, says the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts. Isaiah 55:7-9 ESV”
Meditation on Scripture 
Allow the Holy Spirit to teach you how to meditate on God’s word. Meditation is not just emptying your mind to nothingness. Meditating on God’s word is an active transformation of your mind’s thought patterns. It is a renewal process that takes uproots the weeds of your old thoughts and implants God’s word instead. In your quiet place with God calm yourself and replay the scriptures over and over in your mind and say them with your mouth. Over time you will forge and experience new ways of thinking take over. Those new ways of thinking will lead to producing kingdom patterns of living in your life.
“This book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. Joshua 1:8 ESV”
