Sunday, October 17, 2010

James 1:14 "... each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed."

Have you ever heard someone tell you, "You need to do what's best for yourself"? When we start thinking what's best for us is when our focus is shifted from God's perspective to our perspective. The world is pretty convincing that we need to watch out for numero uno, but the Lord provides us with the great acronym JOY. Our priorities should be (1) Jesus, (2) Others, and finally (3) Yourself... JOY.

When we get entangled in our 'own desires', James goes on to tell us that it gives birth to sin, and sin brings forth death.

But we, as Christians, don't need to worry about our own desires; because the psalmist reminds us the God gives us the desires of our heart. (Psalm 37:4) So we don't have to be concerned with doing what's 'best for ourselves'. God knows!

In Christ <><

A.E. Sexton

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