Why is it that despite the amazing gift of salvation and the love and provision of God that we as growing believers still wish for the things of this world. Perhaps this is because I have not grown spiritually as much as I wish I had so far or perhaps my focus is in the wrong places. God has called us to a different lifestyle than those that do not know him as their Savior. When you are around unsaved individuals that are quite content in their situation and "enjoying life to the fullest" by their standards, I wish to have that same fulfillment that they have in their instant gratification of any desire they have. Whether our desires are the use of our money for useless items, for drinking to the point of not remembering anything and letting go of all self control and not worrying about any consequences, to whatever desire comes into your mind.
Why don't we(maybe its just me) continually feel fulfilled in God's promises and what blessing he has given us for now? Please share your thoughts.
3 comments:
I understand where you are coming from and here are a couple of thoughts:
1) We still have indwelling sin - though the punishment for those sins has surely been borne by Christ for the one who believes in Him.
2) We don't actively engage our minds and behavior in putting indwelling sin to death. In other words, we can cultivate specific practices and articulate thoughts to flee those desires and pursue righteousness.
3) We don't actively place the blessings and joys of God before us in our daily lives. Our affections are informed by God's truth revealed in His Word. We need to feed our affections with Gospel truth and feed it freshly.
Thank you for bringing that struggle to mind. It is certainly a continual difficulty. One of my pastors here reminded me today of the tension between "confessional theology" and "functional theology" and our efforts to bridge the disconnect between them.
Take care brother. Good to hear from you.
We are not yet glorified.
Colby, you are unloquacious, aren't you? Always succinct and to the point though, I miss that...
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