What an interesting reading today – the way in which eating can go from a healthy, normal, necessary thing to something to which we are a slave to… It’s the same with anything in our lives, right?
Neil says this: Temptation’s hook is the devil’s guarantee that what we think we want and need outside God’s will can satisfy us.
We have a legitimate need in our life, but instead of meeting it in a healthy way – God’s way – we take it a little farther, or go out of bounds a little… It’s exciting at first, but pretty soon we’re looking for a little more. We’re pushing the edge. We think we’ll be satisfied, but we’re not… That’s how addictions are born, right?
And the kicker is that God has never said that we shouldn’t meet that legitimate need! He has just set boundaries for us, either with natural consequences or with instructions in His word. He has designed us to flourish. When we obey, we find a rich, blessed life.
The question, again, is this: who is in charge of me?
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