Lust: usually intense or unbridled sexual desire; an intense longing – Merriam-Webster Online
I look at the definition above and think. Am I a lustful person and where am I directing that lust? All the Lord makes is good. Yes, even lust is good, when directed to and in the right things.
I have a beautiful wife and she is enough for me. In our church, our pastor was very open about his lust for his wife. His approach is that any and all that she is drives him to love her even more. Whether her hair is blond or brunet. Whether cleaning house or loving the kids. He loves her and she is enough. I feel the same about Lori. This is the purity in the lustful desires that we have. It is great and lovely to lust after my wife and know that she is all and enough for me. I don’t need to wander away from her to fill me. Lori is the right thing for me and where I can and should direct my lust. As noted in the definition above, lust is “an intense longing”, and that is what I have for her.
When I turn lust into the world and look for that which will bring me joy, I have to remember to turn it to the right things here as well. What is the right thing to turn to within the world, what is that which I can and should lust after? GOD!!! He is where I should be turning to. His work is where I should be lusting after. He is right and good. He is enough. He is everything that will bring joy.
There is nothing in this world that will bring peace and joy that comes from God. Leaning on Him is where I get the most. He gives me comfort, strength, guidance, He provides for my needs and blesses me beyond belief. I should be lusting after that which brings me the most and that is Him. He is pure and great and that is all that I need. “Purity is a pursuit that leads to life” (Jared Patrick, 2023). When I am seeking him, I am seeking that which is right and will gain life that is abundant.
Where are you lusting? Are you looking to fill your world with things that are not right? What if you were to lust after God and doing His work and pursue purity that leads to life?
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