TURKISH DELIGHT!

We have been studying about our thought patterns and how they impact our actions and our life.
It made me think about temptation and the lusts that are in our flesh.
If I let the desires of my flesh dictate what I think about I will soon be consumed and overcome with temptation.
But God promises a way of escape...We must renew our minds with the truth in His Word. We must think of His Word with the same devotion and passion that we used to think about our idol.
The flesh wants to indulge itself in things that I think will satisfy....but I must remember....it always comes back to bite me....and ends up leaving a bigger hole than the one I was trying to fill in the first place!

I end up betraying my Lord, myself, and others.

I read this the other day in "The Daily Bread" devotional:


Turkish Delight

Read John 21:15-19

Your law is my delight--Psalm 119:174


In C. S. Lewis’ The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the White Witch needed to know only one thing about Edmund to get him to betray his siblings. By asking a few simple questions, the witch learned that Edmund’s weakness was his love for a candy called Turkish Delight. The piece she gave to Edmund was more delicious than anything he had ever tasted. Soon Edmund could think only about “trying to shovel down as much Turkish Delight as he could, and the more he ate the more he wanted.”

Each of us has a vulnerability like Edmund’s that Satan is eager to exploit. It may be something addictive like drugs or alcohol, or it may be something seemingly harmless and perhaps even good like food, friendship, or work.

After His resurrection, Jesus asked Peter this personal and probing question: “Do you love Me more than these?” (John 21:15). Many have speculated as to what Jesus meant by the word “these,” but it’s probably better that we don’t know. It allows each of us to personalize the question and ask ourselves, “What do I love more than Jesus?”

When Satan finds out what we love more than God, he knows how to manipulate us. But he loses his power over us when we delight in the Lord. — Julie Ackerman Link

I love Thee, because Thou hast first loved me,
And purchased my pardon on Calvary’s tree;
I love Thee for wearing the thorns on Thy brow;
If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, ’tis now. —Featherstone

God takes delight in us—how can we help but delight in Him?

What is My "Turkish Delight"?