Who Are You Serving?

Isn't it easy to wake up in the morning and the last thing you feel like doing is opening the Bible? You'd rather turn on the laptop, or start off where you finished in your exciting book. It's really easy to be drawn to things that just keep us away from God. Joshua 24:15 says: "Choose this day whom ye will serve." (KJV)


It's one thing to say,"I will serve the Lord today", then to actually do it. Do you feel completely satisfied when you do something that may be keeping you from fellowship with God? In my example,I was desiring the Internet more than God. Things that compete with Christ look so appealing and lovely.


John Piper says in his book, "When I Don't Desire God": ""Deceitful desires" can trick us into feeling that sinful thoughts and acts will be more satisfying than seeing God. This illusion is so strong it creates moral confusion, so that people find ways to justify sin as good, or, if not good, at least permissible."


I don't know about you but I have certainly more than a few times in my life tried to justify sin in my life to make me "feel" better about it. I encourage you to pray that God will help you with this battle to find a master. And I hope you choose the Master who does not create empty promises but fulfills them tenfold.

Posted in: on Saturday, July 12, 2008 at at 9:47 AM  

2 comments:

  1. Anonymous On July 13, 2008 at 4:13 PM Wrote

    I gotta say there are deffinatly times I feel like doing other than God. And I often justify my sins in my head. Thanks for writing this.

     
  2. Anna On July 15, 2008 at 7:05 PM Wrote

    Thank you so much for writing this. I think this is definatly somthing everyone struggles with!
    Keep Writing!
    -Anna

     

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