I found this on a blog and it blessed me so much I wanted to share it with you all.On the most basic levels, I desire fullness, and fleshly lusts seduce me by attaching themselves to this basic desire. They exploit the empty spaces in me, and they promise that fullness will be mine if I give in to their demands. When my soul sits empty and is aching for something to fill it, such deceptive promises are extremely difficult to resist.Consequently, the key to mortifying fleshly lusts is to eliminate the emptiness within me and replace it with fullness; and I accomplish this by feasting on the gospel. Indeed, it is in the gospel that I experience a God who glorifies Himself by filling me with His fullness. . . . This is the God of the gospel, a God who is satisfied with nothing less than my experience of fullness in Him! . . .Indeed, as I perpetually feast on Christ and all His blessings found in the gospel, I find that my hunger for sin diminishes and the lies of lust simply lose their appeal. Hence, to the degree that I am full, I am free. Eyes do not rove, nor do fleshly lusts rule, when the heart is fat with the love of Jesus!- Milton Vincent, A Gospel Primer for Christians (2008), 45-46.(HT: OFI)http://alabasterboxblog.wordpress.com
_________________Danielle
When we make the Lord the desire of our hearts;He fills us deeply and satisfies us completely!!
_________________Martin G. Smith
Without looking up an exact quote, there is a proverb that says Honey is abhorred by one who is full but even what is bitter tastes sweet to the hungry. If our hearts are empty this world is very attractive and enticing. But if they're full of Christ this world loses its attractiveness.
_________________Jeremy Hulsey
BrokenOne wrote:I found this on a blog and it blessed me so much I wanted to share it with you all.On the most basic levels, I desire fullness, and fleshly lusts seduce me by attaching themselves to this basic desire. They exploit the empty spaces in me, and they promise that fullness will be mine if I give in to their demands. When my soul sits empty and is aching for something to fill it, such deceptive promises are extremely difficult to resist.Consequently, the key to mortifying fleshly lusts is to eliminate the emptiness within me and replace it with fullness; and I accomplish this by feasting on the gospel. Indeed, it is in the gospel that I experience a God who glorifies Himself by filling me with His fullness. . . . This is the God of the gospel, a God who is satisfied with nothing less than my experience of fullness in Him! . . .Indeed, as I perpetually feast on Christ and all His blessings found in the gospel, I find that my hunger for sin diminishes and the lies of lust simply lose their appeal. Hence, to the degree that I am full, I am free. Eyes do not rove, nor do fleshly lusts rule, when the heart is fat with the love of Jesus!Hudson Taylor once said, 'God does not give us overcoming lives, He gives life to those who overcome'.We do not and will never overcome by our own willpower. We overcome, again as Hudson Taylor leared and claimed, as we come regularly to the well to drink. Many just sip, but it is available to drink from until we are saturated and then it is still there when we need more. The thoughts in the quote posted by 'Brokenone' says it so well._________________Mike Jones
_________________Mike Jones
