Obsessing Over Obsessions

Obsession. Any such effective phrase. A phrase that conjures up the mind of things like the creepy guy within the movie enthusiastic about the lady he can't have. Pictures of the creepy lady that turns into a stalker to a person she has an imaginary overwhelm on. pix of evil guys passionate about obtaining a treasure at any fee...

Sure, typically talking, obsession is a powerful word with negative connotations. Frequently the depraved are portrayed as being driven in this manner, at the same time as the best are portrayed as the everyday saint preventing against the obsession of individuals who are evil... but seldom does obsession get its actual face shown within the mild.

Here is the truth: many of us would not don't forget ourselves to be the depraved man or the creepy girl that cannot let pass of these matters that haunt our mind to the factor of insanity. We'd acquaint ourselves with those who might be the force of top, preventing towards such matters. But if we're to be honest, sincerely sincere... looking deep in our eyes, staring into the abyss of our soul... sure... There it's miles, the fact- we all have suffered from the obsession of a few kinds. A few are hooked into it greater than others. It is manifested it appears that evidently inside the lives of some, even as others are capable of disguise it away in their closet. But while we surely open our eyes, there it's miles- watching us with those haunting, driven eyes; that unquenchable thirst that leaves us dry no matter how lots we drink...

Jesus said evidently in Matthew 6:24 that we can't serve  masters; that we can hate the one and love the other, or we will keep to at least one and despise the opposite... maximum folks realize the rest of that verse, in which Jesus states that we can not serve God and money. Lots of us could satisfaction ourselves, as Christians, on the capacity to say that we do now not serve money; as a consequence, we trust we are within the "secure" zone with regards to this scripture. However, I think that a lot of us omit what Jesus changed into without a doubt pronouncing right here.

Earlier than we will supply ourselves a passing grade, I assume we must examine what exactly it is the Lord was announcing. The first question we must ask is, why can we now not serve God and money? Due to the fact, a man can't serve two masters, you can say. However, why can a person now not serve two masters? Due to the fact you may love one and hate the alternative. The solution lies here: That to genuinely serve a grasp you need to recognize your efforts. You need to surrender your will to that master. You should love and hold to that master. You ought to come to some extent which you are not satisfied with simply getting by using, or doing as little as possible- as it is not enough for you. To clearly serve a master way that, regardless of what you do, you continue to thirst for him. There isn't always enough you can do to quench that preference to thrill him. You serve him, and him by myself. Something else in your life that requires time far from grasp will bother you, irritate you, worsen you.

You can not serve masters due to the fact, to place it bluntly, you'll be obsessed with one, and hate the other.

I find Christians- such as myself- exciting from time to time. We say that God is our grasp. We are saying that we like Him. We say that we follow Him. We even have songs that we sing about laying it all all the way down to follow Him. Yet I wonder how normally in our life we, in reality, serve Him? So frequently, we as Christians- and I must be sincere and include myself- come to be obsessed on something, surrendering to it, serving it- and often instances it is not the master we profess to serve...

We get so wrapped up in our time table that we fail to take time out for even a small devotion. We say a hurried prayer in our automobile, perhaps a quick "blessing" over our food. We are sure to listen to Christian tune. We refuse to snicker, even looking scornfully, at our fellow co-workers after they tell inappropriate "jokes." We surround ourselves with Christain bumper stickers, t-shirts, and wall posters rather than surrounding ourselves with the word of God. We indulge ourselves in gossip instead of the Scriptures. And we obsess. We obsess over the ones t.v. Indicates we just can't stay without looking. We obsess with the modern style of fashion. We obsess with other people's problems (i am no longer that means assisting others with their issues, but rather discussing their troubles with everybody however them). We, obsessed with money, with popularity, with something and the whole lot besides- except the one that we are saying is our master.