Lust...even the best of us do it. We might lust over someone or something. We might think that "the grass is greener on the other side of the fence." We might look for pleasure in other places or other people. We might be after that's sports car or the next big thing and when we get what we have been lusting over we find that we are not any happier then we were before and we look for the next thing that catches our eye.Today's Dare: End it now. Identify every object of lust in your life and remove it. Single out every lie you've swallowed in pursuing forbidden pleasure and reject it. Lust cannot be allowed to live in a back bedroom. It must be killed and destroyed - Today - and replaced with the sure promises of God and a heart filled with his perfect love.
Lust destroys relationships. Lust destroys careers. Lust destroys families. Lust destroys people. Lust makes us fat and lazy. Lust makes our eyes wander. Lust makes us think that someone else has it better then we do. Lust makes us non-contented.
I suffered with lust over food for a long time. I found that it made me happy when I was sad. It gave me lots of pleasure, but when I was done I went right back to feeling bad again, so I went looking for my next fix. But when I started to realize that I could get that same kind of pleasure from His love, I started turning my attention to Him during a craving or sad moment. I started drawing my strength from above rather then from my refrigerator. I'm still not completely over my food habit but I find that I don't look at it as lustfully as I used to. I don't turn to it during times of crisis. I turn my eyes heavenward when things get tough and I find that I get answers to life's dilemmas instead of empty plates and empty promises.
If there is an issue of lust in your life, turn your eyes heavenward and fill up on His love instead of looking towards someone or something to fill that void in you life. I promise that the more you look up the less you will find yourself tripping over emptiness.
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