Having lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, with a continual lust for more.
The tricky thing about sin is once we open the door to it, it tends to come in and make itself at home…and it brings a continual string of “new friends” along as well. Sin can’t satisfy…it breeds more sin in order to sustain its place in our lives. Think about it…the first time we commit a particular sin, it might be a bit shocking…or maybe even exciting or falsely empowering. So we do it again…still exciting but a little less shocking. Repeat that same sin 100 more times…it’s no longer shocking and probably not really exciting anymore. It eventually leaves the “wrong” category and slides its way into the “socially acceptable” category. So we replace it with something new because we have grown bored with the first sin…we need more to satisfy some “need” in our lives. Maybe it’s a need to express anger, satisfy lust, or be “happy”. Are we ever satisfied? Can we get enough money to satisfy our greed? Can we quell lust with enough filthy content? Can we step on enough heads to reach a high enough status? When we live to serve ourselves and the world, we will never be satisfied…we will always want more. But what if our focus is on Christ? What if our #1 goal in life is to please the Lord? What if our sole purpose in this world is to bring glory to the Lord? We will see our goals and desires in life transformed. Where greed, lust, anger, and power once held a strangle hold on our lives, we will now be consumed with service, love, restraint, and peace. We will no longer be held in a continual cycle of sin. We will find true satisfaction in the Lord…real purpose, real peace, real love. May we seek to push aside the cycle of sin in our lives and replace it with a true commitment to serving the Lord. To God be the glory!
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