August 27, 2008

• Sex, Food, and Rest...

  While watching Planet Earth, a fantastic collection of videos of creatures around our world, it became clear to me that nearly every living creatures' purposes in life are:  eat, rest, and reproduce.  There really isn't much else to their life, and this goes for pretty much every creature out there. 

  While counseling people throughout my few years serving in college fellowships and then at church, its been saddening to realize just how many people have been sexual abused and/or are under sexual bondage.  The percentages are staggering, for both men and women.  It seems nearly everyone has had their time or is still enduring their time of darkness.  And for those who are deeper into bondage, their lives are becoming more and more... well... animal-like.  Satan has made everything out to be for their selfishness and their lives revolve mainly around food, rest, and sex.  Satan hates that we were made in the image of God and would rather us look like we were made in the image of pigs or some other animal. 

  Those who struggle with their purity have to understand that our lust cannot be fulfilled unless Satan is feeding it, and he will only give enough to keep us hungry and frustrated for more.  Satan doesn't want to fulfill us.  He is like the white witch in the movie Narnia, just hand-feeding us our lust fulfillment until we've given over the things of value in our lives and are imprisoned to him. 

  Its not our self-discipline/flesh that can overcome, its the Spirit living within us that gives us victory.  He is greater than Satan and any of Satan's dark works.  We have to continually feed our Spirit through reading the Word and prayer in order to overcome.  Either you're feeding your flesh with the things of this world or your feeding your Spirit with the things of God.  Either you're just another animal on this earth or you're a child of God.  Turn your eyes and desires to Him and God will give you victory!

  Psalm 119:9 - How can a young man keep his way pure?  By living according to Your Word.
  Romans 12:2a - Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.

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