Isn’t it amazing that our propensities are to hunger for what’s least best for us? Wow. No wonder that still small voice is so still and small. Some of our appetites are so demanding that many times we are willing to face extreme consequences to appease them. This has been diagnosed in many cases as a form of schizophrenia with medication prescribed. My conviction is that by this, these issues are only pacified. I say it’s
disobedience,
lack of discipline and sometimes just
bad choices. The prescription should be the Word of God and the very Spirit of God.
I’ve come to realize that if I’m going to have the abundant life Jesus came to give me (
John 10:10), I must continue to evaluate my appetite to ensure I do not take the path of least resistance, only because it’s undemanding.
Let’s continue to consider what hunger and desires are growing in us.
...but each one is tempted when, by his own evil desire, he is dragged away and enticed. Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death. James 1: 14, 15
