VICTIMS OF NATURAL DRIVES
MEMORISE: Be Not Deceived: Evil Communications Corrupt Good Manners 1Chorintians 15:33
Read: 2 Samuel 13: 1-14
Bible in one year: Nehemiah 10-13
Prayer point: father let me not be a victim of legitimate thirst, hunger and sex drives. Help me that these needs might be satisfied within the bounds of your laws.
One unfortunate trend we see around us
today is how so many people have become victims of their needs. There are very
legitimate needs but some people have used this as an excuse to do something
wrong. For instance, in every human being, there is a drive called thirst. This
is natural and can be satisfied through wholesome, healthy and legitimate
means.
However, using this drive as an excuse
to indulge in alcohol is an abuse of the body from which this drive emanates. So
also is the sex drive. This is natural.it is natural for those of the opposite
sex to feel attracted to each other. Yet, this drive is not to be consummated
except after marriage. Anyone who engages in premarital sex, saying that if it
is wrong, why did God put the drive in man in the first place, is only a victim
of his need. In what way are you becoming a victim of your legitimate needs? Ask
God to deliver you today!
Similarly, a Christian who needs a
spouse and decides to marry an unbeliever or just any Christian will definitely
become a victim of legitimate need. A certain brother who had been separated
from his wife for years was becoming so lonely that he began to associate with unbelievers.
Before long, he regularly visited beer parlours and went back into smoking and
drinking until some members of the church led him back to Christ. No matter how
highly pressed you are, never yourself to become a victim of your need! Ammon was
influenced by his friend to satisfy his sex drive through an incestuous rape of
his-sister Tamar. Who should you make friends with? Choose fellow believers as
your friends and pray partners. Not every believer should be your prayer
partner if you are unmarried. Prayerfully, choose someone who is spiritually
compatible. Also, your partner must be someone who does not willfully sin but
lives holy. Let it be someone you can confide in, with whom you can pray
prayers of agreement with. Take time to ask God to choose your friends for you.
Above all, let Jesus be your partner. If you allow him, He will help you with
the grace, strength and wisdom to do all that you should. Remember that you
cannot achieve much without him. Your success in life is dependent on Jesus and
the Holy Spirit. Give the Lord the space, time and energy due Him. Your need
for friendship is truly satisfied in Christ.
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