As a former writing student, the conversations in my head are usually me trying to distill complicated thoughts into smaller more easily communicated chunks. I like to have my “elevator pitches” ready. When I don’t have a plan as to what I want to say I tend to run off at the mouth and end up over talking my point.
Yesterday as I was coming home from work I was working out how to approach a post that would get to the epicenter of addiction and distraction (the deeper I go down the rabbit hole the more I realize they are the same thing). I need, for myself, and to communicate to others why we feel the need to “Check Out” and how it affects us when we live from that place. Don’t think I’m talking about Alcoholism or Drug abuse specifically, I’m talking about “vegging” in front of a TV, computer, porn, getting lost in a project and turning off the world, paying more attention to athletic figures than family, or even thrill seeking. Our past-times do not make us who we are, God has made us who we are and it is our job to stay alert until we find that purpose.
Well, thankfully (the class clown over at Ransomed Heart) included this quote in his post called “Cheetos.”
Ecstasy and delight are essential to the believers soul and they promote sanctification. We were not meant to live without spiritual exhilaration, and the Christian who goes for a long time without the experience of heart-warming will soon find himself tempted to have his emotions satisfied from earthly things and not, as he ought, from the Spirit of God. The soul is so constituted that it craves fulfillment from things outside itself and will embrace earthly joys for satisfaction when it cannot reach spiritual ones . . . The believer is in spiritual danger if he allows himself to go for any length of time without tasting the love of Christ and savoring the felt comforts of a Savior’s presence. When Christ ceases to fill the heart with satisfaction, our souls will go in silent search of other lovers . . .” – Maruice Roberts
Get quiet with God and meditate on this for a bit, we’ll get back to it.
Yes, yes – I’ve been reading that for a couple of days now – I put it with my journal & Bible so I’ll see it and have to ponder on it once again (hmmm – “tools in my foxhole” might be a future post….).
Thanks for reposting and adding your thoughts.
Why can’t I get no satisfaction? I’m going to the wrong things for my satisfaction… does that remind me of a Ted Dekker book?