This works most of the time…until you get on a train that splits. On rare occasions, all of the cars are hooked together traveling in the same direction…and then…all of a sudden the train splits in half. Half of the train starts going down one track and the other half, another. If you do not make a quick decision, or are just plain ignorant, you might end up on the wrong track traveling the opposite direction. You as the traveler started out going the right way, but the train started going left.
It is the same way with temptations. Many times as Christians, we become hard-core about the “You shall not…” list. “You shall not have anger,” “you shall not lust,” “you shall not covet…” yet we forget the true emotions behind the temptation. God created us to have emotion. It is not wrong to become angry…in the right situation. Do you remember Jesus with the Pharisees? How many times did he “Woe them” for being vipers and tombs? And have you looked at the people around you lately? Really…just look at them. God made people BEAUTIFUL! (And he made them nude, too.) But why do we take this train of the physical glory to Lust? And have you seen how many good things that your neighbor can do? I am guilty, too. I look at the talent of interpretation, singing, writing, creativity, and cooking, teaching, artistic abilities…whatever it may be…and instead of praising my Father for blessing my Siblings with these gifts, I covet. I wish to have what they’ve got. I took the wrong half.
You see, these emotions and original creations were made to glorify God. Our Father made these things to build a train that runs to His Home. Yet here we are, using the exact same blessings and we twist our motive. We were on the right “train of thought,” and then our train split.
Which half are you riding?
Genesis 2
Deuteronomy 20
Deuteronomy 32:35
Matthew 5:28
Matthew 23
Matthew 25:31-46
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