If I was a betting man I would have placed my bottom dollar on the fact you are (whether you know it or not) an addict. Don't feel bad, I have yet to meet anyone who is not addicted to one thing or another. I can just about hear your outcry "well sir you haven't met me!" How about Tim Horton's coffee? Have you tried to go a day or better yet a week without one ha, ha, ha like not a chance! Here is a big big word CHOCOLATE can't you just about taste it, oh yeah! Are you getting the picture yet? Now to my Christian brethren, we are addicted to our North American lifestyle. Want proof? Just look around you at what you have & then think about what we so casually call the poor of the world we live in. Please stop rationalizing or justifying your excess. The teachings of Jesus on how we are to help the poor are not up for debate (Matthew 25:31-46 among many others)
Addiction doesn't recognize color, age, sex, or anything else, but it sure does take control of your very life (while often times taking that same life.) Addiction & lust are a closely knit couple. Please do not lose sight of the fact that lust is not just sexual, but also a power struggle that tells you, you have to be the very best, to be #1. Along with that it is a material compulsion such as clothes, cars, houses, or the natural resources that supply them all ex. oil. We are more than willing to destroy anything or crush anyone just to feed our addiction.
You see whatever you can't do without, is in all likelihood, an addiction. Addiction today is recognized as a sickness, a disease that carries with it an all inclusive compulsion that consumes a persons very soulish being. This explains the very core of the compulsive addictive nature which addicts are labelled with today.
Your soul is made up of your intellect, will, mind & the damaged goods are your emotions & imagination. All areas are of your soul have been influenced by others, whether education or life experiences (good & bad.)
Now if we as Christians have the character of Christ we should definitely include the fruit of the Spirit self control, now that is painful. So please do not tell me you have to go to a shrink for help, but each of us should spend more time on our knees crying out to our Saviour to help us be the overcomers He has called us to be. He has given us the very power source of all creation (the Holy Spirit) to help us through each & every situation we face in life while here on earth.
Please do not think I am placing myself on the same pedestal the Sadducees & Pharisees of old placed themselves on. I am a sinner in dire need of His forgiveness, on sad to say too many occasions. Yes the term filthy worm comes to mind when I see myself in comparison to who the Lord would have me to be.
Do not beat yourself up over your failures! Remember we are running a race in my eyes a hurdle race where we can only go on if we humble ourselves & ask for the help He readily wants to give us. But it is up to you to ASK not remain the prideful self who continues to struggle over the same thing (around & around the mountain we go) day after day year after day. God does not expect you to be perfect but He does expect you to try!
Be Blessed
Ken Gorham a servant of the Lord!
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