Dear friends, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from sinful desires, which wage war against your soul. —1 Peter 2:11
The laws of physics determine there must be an energy source to produce motion. Your car, for example, must have electricity or gasoline to travel. Your body needs proper nourishment before you can move around. Gunpowder and a fuse propel a cannonball. The world we inhabit is no different. To feed this spiraling, downward motion of our society, something must be driving the change. Our world is one that is fueled by pleasure. People abandon their consciences for the now every day. Instead of fighting for a spot alongside God in eternity, they throw away their own value for sexual sins or the physical and emotional high offered by drugs and alcohol. It seems we can no longer see the repercussions
of our actions, and instead we make decisions based on the sensations of the current moment. This kind of world can be very dangerous to inhabit. Even Christians are not exempt from the temptation and influence that society offers. Indeed, the devil makes it easy to fall into routine and neglect our duties to God. Fortunately, Jesus can help us fight through this world driven by pleasure. When we’re reborn as new creatures in God, He fills a portion of our hearts that was previously empty. Humans try many things to fill that hole, such as drinking or casual sex, but nothing works. This longing is designed only for God and it presses us to get closer to Him with each day. Only when we close this gap are we relieved of our worldly temptations and fueled by love. Today, see what is driving you. Is God your source of fuel, or are you trying to
use other things to find happiness? If so, ask Jesus to renew your heart and mind for His purposes.
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