Its Monday afternoon.
The girls are finally down for their nap, and I have maybe an hour, hour and a half, to breathe and be sane.
I’m looking at my laptop as I type this post. And as I shared yesterday–across the top of my screen are the words: “Blessed are the pure in heart for they will see God” [Matt 5:8]. I printed that verse out on a sheet of paper, cut it out, and taped it across the screen of my brand new Macbook. It looks horrible. It looks like a bad bumper sticker on a nice car. But I’m going to keep it there because it’s a great reminder. Every time I flip open this laptop I want to see this incredible promise in front of me—that I have something precious to guard. I’m not going to give away my intimacy with Jesus for cheap thrills.
We so often try to fight sin in theory. And what I mean by that is we try to convince ourselves sin is bad when we know it’s not. We long to sin. We have deep unmet desires that refuse to stay corralled. The man or woman who is truly able to fight sin is not one who represses these longings but finds their complete fulfillment in God.
In preaching yesterday’s message, I was powerfully reminded that unless I am enjoying my God, unless I daily draw near the cross of Jesus, unless I treasure the awesome promises of God–I am a tottering fence waiting to be blown down.
How is this actually done? How am I supposed to daily enjoy God? Probably one quiet time after another. That’s a good place to start–a daily diet of God. I think the best thing we can do to fight sin, is to actually sit down, or perhaps even kneel down, and meet with God. The more I eat, the more I’m satisfied, the less I sin. That’s the way I see it.
PD
December 5, 2008 at 8:22 am |
Wow this was a really good post.
so applicable and relevant.
Thanks