I recently read Proverbs 7. This is a chapter with two simple messages.
1. Keeping God's Word in my heart is the smartest thing I can do to help me in my battle with any lustful thoughts (vss.1-5).
2. Giving in to lustful thoughts will only lead to destruction (vss. 6-27).
For many men (young and old alike) they see this as an un-winnable battle. To them, it is like they are put in a ring with a 450 pound Sumo Wrestler. And every single time they try to battle against this, the Sumo flattens them.
Honestly, they're right. That is what the struggle is like...make no mistake. But the way to fight a 450 pound Sumo is not when you are in the ring. You need to starve the Sumo before you ever get in the ring.
You need to watch your eyes. You need to recall Job's Covenant and try to abide by that same covenant.
So, to starve the Sumo, that means that when something comes on television you shouldn't see, you turn your head or turn the channel (or better yet, you turn it off).
That means that when you are on the internet and you "stumble" upon a web site you shouldn't see, you click out of there...better yet, you get some kind of Web Filter that will keep you from stumbling.
That means that while you are out on your own, you watch your eyes...what they see, where they look. You bounce them away when you realize you are looking at something that isn't yours.
When you have starved the Sumo for a number of days/weeks, you will find that the next time you are actually in the ring with him again, that he isn't 450 pounds anymore...he's lost weight. He still may clean your clock in this particular battle, but keep starving the Sumo!
You will find after time, that he isn't so big anymore. And when you are thrust into the ring with him, you can easily beat him. That's how you fight this battle.
It is a process of time and investment. Time spent avoiding and bouncing your eyes. Investment in God's Word and strengthening and renewing my covenant with Him.
That is a path for real victory and life change!
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