What Are You Pursuing?
I love how the apostle Paul can pack so much wisdom in so few words. There's no way one post can do this verse justice, but I'd like to point out just a few things that stood out to me from an incredible sermon we were blessed with last week at our church. Stay away from things in life that don't matter. Whatever we do, God calls us to reflect His glory (I Corinthians 10:31). When you think about that responsibility, you don't have time for most things. Charles Spurgeon put it this way: "Run away from them; it is no use contending with them. Fight with the devil. Resist the devil, and make him flee, but never fight with the flesh. Run away from that. The only way to avoid the lust of the flesh is to keep out of its way. If you subject yourself to carnal temptations and fleshly lusts, remember it is almost certain that you will be overcome by them. “Flee youthful lusts”, and as you must keep going and have something after which to follow. What would you think of a man who went as near as he could to burning his house [...]