It seems that God has challenged me lately about sin. One sin in particular that I had let stay, but sin in general also. The challenge goes something like this...
Jesus said, that those who love Him will obey His commandments. There would seem to be the logical conclusion there that we will obey what we love. Therefore, if we obey a desire or urge or call which is contrary to what Jesus has commanded us, then we love that thing more than we love Jesus and as Leonard Ravenhill would say, "Anything you love more than Jesus is an idol".
When we exalt our own desires and directions over God's will, we crown ourselves and our will an idol before God. When we follow the desires of our flesh, we crown our bodies an idol before Him and when we chase material things, regardless of what they may be, instead of sacrificing our desire of these things to Him and giving it all into His possession and rule, we make images of money, cars or houses that we bow down to instead of to Him.
God, help us to love you always, not just as a friend and a saviour, but the Lord of every second, every desire and every breath that we hold.
Amen.
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