Yielding
March 15, 2006 10:01 amhttp://www.rbc.org/utmost/index.php?month=03&day=14
(Remember what lust is— “I must have it now,” whether it is the lust of the flesh or the lust of the mind.)
I must know it now. I must have it settled for me now. I must know this before I do anything else. I must understand why before I will do anything. Lust is something that I have been given much prudent training on in regards to the development of my Christian character and the cleansing of my mind as it relates to women. The advice is easy to take, the burned images in my mind bring me to an immediate guilty blush, and I know I would do well to pay attention to whatever the latest lust control technique happens to be. But Oswald takes this to a much deeper and more elemental level of application. Barring nothing, in what ways do I live in a “I must have it now!” mind set.
Appreciation
Fulfillment
Comfort
Novelty
Customer satisfaction
Personal affinity
Inspiration
Purpose
Passion
Security
Freedom
Understanding
Importance
Responsibility
Respect
Leisure
I want it all, but juggling them all as personal rights quickly ends me in a conflicting paradox of everything at once. I end up yielding to the mess of trying to make all these things happen for myself at the same time and in portions just beyond satisfaction.
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