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Discipleship Focus: Appetite
- Appetite: We all have needs that need to be filled. When we allow ourselves to be filled with the people and things that God brings into our life, we will be satisfied because our In will be in proper focus. But when we try to fill ourselves with our own desires we end up frustrated by an insatiable hunger.
In this
chapter we hear a very specific caution about a very specific appetite. We hear the bride caution people to not wake
passion until the right time. We are told
to not stir it up until the right time.
Honestly,
I don’t know that there can be a bigger obstacle to our public faith and
ministry than our own sexuality. Few
things are as destructive as a misapplied lust.
Few things can damage our reputation than a sexual scandal or some kind
of extra-marital affair. There are few
things in life that can damage a person’s ability to be trusted than a question
about their sexual ethic.
We
shouldn’t awake passion until it is appropriate. We shouldn’t stir passion within us until it
has a proper place to work. We need to
be careful that as we follow God that our sexuality only sees proper
fulfillment within the bond of marriage.
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