LUST, IT’S ALL ABOUT HOW YOU USE THE LETTERS PART 2

Hello everyone, once again I’ve been under attack by the enemy.  He’s causing enough havoc to accomplish one of his goals.  He wants to keep me from writing about God. However, we all may fall down, but we have the ability to get back up again. No matter what made you fall, Jesus has his hand out like he did with Peter on the water. He will help you get up again and again and again. Last time, we looked at the definition of lust. Today, we’ll look at the difficulty with dealing with lust.

The reason why lust is such a problem is because you are bombarded by lust every day. You can’t escape the presence of lust. Every day you see TV shows, movies, advertisements, even the clothes people wear that promotes lust. It plays on your sense of sight. It’s pleasing to the eye. The problems start when you first looked at those images. Did you look at them with a clear mind or did you look at it with a lustful intent. Some images are designed for you to look at with a lustful frame of mind. For example: porn and certain magazines. Some images are not intended to be look at with that frame of mind. However, because we all have lustful images in our minds, it may trigger that part of the mind.  When you think about what you saw how do you remember the images? In Job 31:1 NIV it states “I made a covenant with my eyes not to look lustfully at a young woman.” In essence, we look at things in different frames of mind. We have to make a covenant with our eyes not to look at a woman or man lustfully.  You have to be in control of your thoughts and your state of mind. If you let this lust go uncheck, it will start to get into your heart. It’s very important not to let this lust get into your heart.  Why, let’s look at the God U Said it Verse of the day.

In Proverb 6:25 NIV it states “Do not lust in your heart after hear beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.”  Let’s look at the first part of the verse.  The heart’s job is to pump blood all over your body which keeps you alive. When someone is unconscious, the first thing someone checks is for a pulse or a heartbeat. When you have lust in the heart, it circulates all over your body. In addition you have given it a pulse and a means to live.  You have memories of lustful images but the only way the brain can live is through the heart. Also, lust is occupying a place where Jesus wants to dwell in. He wants your heart to pump his essence all over your body.  Now let’s look at the second part of the verse. One of the entrances to your body is through the eyes. This is another way that lust can get into your body is through your sight. This is why you have to be mindful on how you looking at someone. Some of the synonyms of captivate is capture, trance, charm, bewitch, entrance and enchant. Some of these words you hear when someone is practicing witchcraft or sorcery.  Also in this verse you see the word “or”. What this is saying is don’t let lust enter through your hear t or through your eyes. Remember, lust doesn’t ever satisfy you. It keeps you coming back for more. Let Jesus come into your heart. He will answer the door for you if someone comes knocking. If it’s not of him, he won’t let them in. Here’s your phrase for today

L-looks                                                       

S-satisfying                                                 

T-to                                                              

U-u.                                                               

 

L-leads

T-to

U-untrue

 S-satisfaction

Next time we’ll look at some of the destruction lust can cause. Until then may God Bless You And Keep You.

 

                                    Walt GS