Rom. 13:14
But let the Lord Jesus Christ take control of you, and don't think of
ways to indulge your evil desires.
We are naturally born with a tendency to love
and long for the things of the world.
Chasing after evil is what we want to do. We like it when we are engaged in the
pleasures of sin. We sin naturally and
easily.
But, for the child of God, we must move beyond
our natural instincts. Jesus changes our
natural desires into longings for God.
We no longer are satisfied by evil desires. They are empty and delusional. We discover that only God can satisfy the
soul. Therefore, we must work hard at
staying away from our evil desires and let Christ control us.
Jesus can only have control of us with our
permission and cooperation. He will not
make us into a people after His own heart that pleases God unless we give Him
full control over our lives. What we
must do is engage ourselves in those things which help us to stay surrendered
to Him. We must faithfully and consistently
be students of the Scriptures. We must
stay in constant touch with Him through prayer.
We must put feet to our prayers and seize opportunities given to us
daily to serve Him. We must develop a
grateful spirit and learn to praise Him often in our lives.
In other words, we must discipline our souls so
that we have a mindset for godly things.
We must shun those things which pull us away from God. We must refuse to participate in sinful
practices. We must strive to keep our
thoughts off of evil and onto those things which are wholesome and good for our
souls. It's not always easy to do, but
try we must. We will stumble and fall,
but we must never give up.
Let the Lord have control of you; great will be
your reward in heaven.
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