Tuesday, May 10, 2011
What are you Craving?
Good Morning! 1John 2:16-17 For everything in the world, the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does, comes not from the Father but from the world. The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever. I don't know about you, but this Vs really hits home with me. I know that I have all the riches I need in Jesus Christ! I know I have the greatest gift of all, and that is I am going to spend eternity with my Lord. So why do I always Crave more? And I'm not talking about my thirst for righteousness, because I always have that. But what I am talking about is the Cravings of this world. This has become a big problem with me. I don't know if its because I am getting older and I look at people and see all the things they have. Things that I should have at this point in my life, but don't! Things like a loving wife, children, a house and so forth. Things that I Crave, but I am now way past the point of having them. Here lately Satan has been telling me, "Oh if you were Rich, then these things would not bother you. Which has done nothing but give me another craving. Why is it we cannot just be content with God? Now don't get me wrong, I have accomplished alot of things. Or should I say the Lord has blessed me with the power to do alot of things. (see there I go with that I thing again) I have been clean and sober now for almost 4 1/2 yrs, I have a good job, I have a wonderful place to live, and I have plenty of friends. So why do I want more? It is that sinful nature that lives in me. In Gal 5:24 it tells us, Those who belong to Christ have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires. Well I guess that's it, I haven't crucified those passions. So today will you pray for me, that God will give me the power to do this. And be happy with what I have. And if any of you have this problem or are dealing with it, give me some feedback. For I am happy in Christ, but I want more! How about you? HABD!
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ReplyDeleteWe can definitely relate to this. Yes, I sometimes wish. I wish I had this or that or I wish I had more money, more work. But most of the time we wish we actually had less. Less stuff, less bills, less headaches. Because with more stuff comes less time to actually enjoy them due to the fact you have to work to pay for them.
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