TRAPPED
BY YOUR OWN DESIRES 2
Proverbs 5 vs. 21-22 (NIV):
For a man’s way are in full view of the LORD and he examines all his paths. The
evil deeds of a wicked man ensnare him; the cords of his sin hold him fast. Vs.
23: He will die for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly. GOD
sees clearly everything we do; He knows our thought, desires and imaginations.
A man’s sinful desire will trap and ensnares him. A sinful desire is like a
rope holding a man down. A sinful desire doesn’t glorify GOD. A sinful desire
is against GOD’s will for a man’s life. A sinful desire destroys a man. We have
to ask GOD to grant and fulfill our desires if only it glorifies HIM. Samson a
Nazarite to GOD from the womb was trapped by his own desires. Judges 13 vs. 7: But he said unto me,
Behold, thou shalt conceive and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong
drink, neither eat any unclean thing; for the child shall be a Nazarite to GOD
from the womb to the day of his death. Judges 14 vs. 2: And he came up and told
his father and his mother, and said; I have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters
of the Philistines; now therefore get her for me to wife. Vs. 3: Then his
father and mother said unto him, Is there never a woman among the daughters of
thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the
uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson said unto his father; get her for me; for
she pleases me well. Judges 16 vs. 1: Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there a
harlot, and went in unto her. Vs. 4: And it came to pass afterwards that he
loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. Vs.5: And the
lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, entice him; and
see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against
him, that we may bind him to afflict him, and we will give thee every one of us
eleven hundred pieces of silver. Judges 16 vs. 21: But the Philistines took him
and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters
of brass; and he did grind in the prison house. A man so powerful became a
slave and was destroyed with his enemies. That is what a sinful desire will do.
Furthermore, 1 Corinthians 6 vs. 18-20: Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth
is without the body: but he that commits fornication sins against his own body.
What? Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in
you, which ye have of GOD, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a
price; therefore glorify GOD in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.
Our desires should glorify GOD and not men. Many have defiled themselves just
to meet their wants and desires. We are to be mindful of our desires; because
some desires enslaves us and put us in bondage. Esau sold his birthright because
of his desire for pottage. Genesis 25 vs. 29: And Jacob sod pottage; and Esau
came from the field, and he was faint. Vs. 30: And Esau said to Jacob, feed me,
I pray thee with that same red pottage; for I am faint, therefore was his name
called Edom. Vs. 31: And Jacob said, sell me this day thy birthright. Vs. 32:
And Esau said, behold, I am at the point to die; and what profit shall this
birthright do to me? Are you on the verge of being trapped and enslaved by
your own desires? Let go of it and delight in GOD so He can bring his will and
plan for your life to pass. Don’t forget to share with others. It is well with
us….
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