MUD PIES:
We repudiate self-flagellation and all other forms of penitence as unscriptural,
while imposing an attenuated version on ourselves, equating boring pleasure
less lives with godliness. “All I need is stale bread, potable water and God,
gosh darn it, and I’m happy.” Mud pies! The basic desires of the human heart
are God given for we were made in His likeness. At issue is not that we have
desires but how we satisfy them as Kingdom children.
DON’T MISS
THE POINT: We don’t have to suffocate our natural desires to please God, and we
don’t have to ignore God’s precepts and commands to please ourselves. God made
provision for the fulfillment of our natural desires within the boundaries of
His sandbox so the pleasure-fruit of our spent desires does not rot with guilt
and empty regret. If we let life become a choice between enjoyment and serving
God we have really missed the point.
EDWARD SCISSORHANDS: We fulfill desires by
“spending” them, purchasing the pleasure-fruit they produce. Said another way,
we sow desires and reap their pleasure-fruit. Christians are adept at removing
scriptural obstacles to spending desire in the world much like a saintly Edward
Scissorhands, snipping out any restraining passages: “Oh, I don’t think you
have to “Blank” to be a Christian”, missing the truthfulness of their first four
words. We can fulfill our desires in the Kingdom’s sandbox or the world’s litter
box. The pleasure-fruit of spent desire will produce in kind, righteous fruit
or those stinky little…
ENJOYING LIFE IN GOD'S SANDBOX
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