It is amazing how you can wake up some mornings struggling with intense sins as your flesh beckons you to worldliness, and others you think about the same sins and they disgust you! I've found the latter to be true of this morning. A thought popped into my head that would usually weaken my flesh to the point of sinning against the Lord, and this time it absolutely disgusted me. I didn't even want it or want to want it. I was thinking "Ew that's gross."
"Why?" I had to ask myself. As I think more and stop and pray it disgusted me because I actually hated the sin against God! How amazing is that!!! Isn't it awesome how God changes our hearts to think like He does. We think His thoughts after Him, He puts His desires in our hearts! God is so kind and loving to a people so wasted.
So what do I do with the wonderful blessing? A day is going to come when my flesh is not so easily pushed away. I need to make sure I run while I can run! Tomorrow I may be slowed to a crawl! Sin is no longer master over me, but it still has a large influence. I must bury myself in the Word of God! Feelings do not conquer sin, only Gods word. So today I may feel disgusted at sin but that feeling is not lasting, I cannot hope in it. Especially me! I change from one thing to another more than the wind changes direction. The only lasting hope I have is the word of the living God and His faithfulness. So Praise God I have been made to hate things that He hates for today, but I cannot put my hope and trust in that! "Be sober Lance. Your enemy prowls as a Lion seeking someone to destroy. Do not get too comfortable in your spiritual drunkeness!" I love what God has done in my heart today, but He is teaching me not to hope or trust in it!!! May God forever be praised!!!!!
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