All my life I have heard the phrase ”in the flesh."
After many years of walking with the Lord, I have decided that doing something in one's own strength simply means that if the Lord is not in it, there is nothing but dead end in the planning, in the doing, and in the result.
If the Lord is not in it, the plan is myopic.
If the Lord is not in it, the visible result is the goal.
If the Lord is not in it, there will be constant counting of men and horses.
If the Lord is not in it, sooner or later it will sag and drop.
Soldier of The Cross, the Spirit brings vision that breaks through the veil of time.
The Spirit empowers with energy that is not broken by physical difficulty or discouragement.
If the Lord is in it, the matter can be put on hold, then revived later, only to sparkle and shine with the Glory of God.
One is Life and the other is death. One defies explanation and the other meets only human standards.
One passes quickly.
The other is for ever and ever.