"No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. “ - Luke 16:13
Let's be honest, lust is our God. For any addict, the addiction, whether a chemical or a behavior replaces God. So for the man or woman who struggles with lust, it is the seeking of the flesh, the pleasure which becomes that thing for which they strive. Jesus warns us about this. Yes, Jesus was specifically speaking of money in this instance, however, we all know where lust ranks in our lives. God is Light. God has created us in His image so that we might live and live abundantly. Our addiction however, hidden in the deep and dark recesses of our minds pulls us away from the goodness of God's intentions for us. Lust takes us from light to dark. Because of lust, you cannot love God. Ask yourself this question; how much effort goes into your relationship with God? Compare that with how much effort you put into keeping your lust addiction hidden, in the dark, from God, from your loved ones, from yourself? Thankfully, we in recovery have recognized the spiritual nature of addiction to lust. It is not merely a physical thing. We spiritually turn our lives back to God, back to the light. We walk away from the altar of sexual desire and the flesh and fall before the altar of God. God is the one who will help us overcome the darkness and step into the light, may you find God now. Father, shed you light into my darkness that I may know and love you fully. Amen.
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In the spring, a the time when kings go off to war, David sent Joab out with the king's men and the whole Israelite army. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David remained in Jerusalem. 2 Samuel 11:1
We are all familiar with the phrase, “wrong place at the wrong time”. Often we use this phrase to describe how someone fell into a negative situation. Often we use this to describe a person who may not be a 'bad person' but made a bad decision based on their location, who they were with, the time this situation occurred, etc. Is the reading from 2 Samuel, regarding David and the beginning of his slide into sin just a case of 'wrong place at the wrong time'? Of all the passages in Scripture that could be used to help someone begin to 'trudge the road of happy destiny', I would have never expected this passage to be the one God gave to me. It seems too insignificant. At my rock bottom moment I was begging God for some hope and inspiration. My mind went through ever verse of the Bible that I had memorized. The Gospel of John, Romans, 1 Corinthians, but nothing. I was alone, afraid and angry, and the story of King David was all that kept coming back to me at that moment. Several days would pass, and I finally picked up my Bible and began to read the story of David. Having been a pastor, I was obviously familiar with the story, but I pressed on and as I was reading I began to journal. “If David had just led his army to victory instead of staying home, then perhaps this whole issue of sin and the relationship with Bathsheba could have been avoided. Stupid decision David.” That is what I wrote in my journal. Little did I know that this is the exact same situation that I and many have found themselves in. The wrong place, the wrong time, the wrong mindset, the wrong priorities. “Where am I? Where should I be?” These two questions are the heart of David's Post Ministry, and the questions that have helped me to find hope in the midst of pain, joy in the midst of sorrow, and strength in the midst of weakness. These two questions keep me sober. Whether or not you are an addict, if lust is your drug, perhaps you can benefit from asking yourself those two questions. Where am I? Where should I be? Orient your life towards God, find yourself in the right place all of the time. God help me to be in the right place, the place where you have called me, with the people you have gifted to me in my life, that my decisions may be holy and pleasing to You. Amen. |
AuthorsAdam Egan, Founder of David's Post Ministry Archives
January 2020
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