When Dr. Eric Mason spoke in convocation back in early September, he used a metaphor in his sermon that struck and convicted me: namely, that our physical desires are big Rottweilers on long chains.
Though we have ownership of our desires, they can quickly get out of our control, dragging us in directions we don't want to go. Not only can they drag us in the wrong direction, they can also turn on us, inflicting wounds that leave deep scars.
When we give our desires to God, he trains them and conforms them to His will. After our desires return from "divine obedience school," they are no longer impetuous Rottweilers, but rather seeing-eye dogs. They gently guide us in the way we should go, protecting us from harm that we cannot see.
All we need to do is entrust our unruly desires to the Divine Trainer, let Him conform those desires to His will, and blindly follow the "seeing-eye dog" of God's will in total faith and trust, knowing that His way is infinitely better than our own.
--Catherine Wilson
No comments:
Post a Comment
Please share your thought in response to this post!