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1 Cor 9.6

PRAY:

Intro:

Is it not, unpleasant, when the alarm goes off, before you are ready to get up?

Yet, we do it..

We pull ourselves out of that wonderful bed..

And oppose everything that is w/in us..

To get moving.. and to get where we need to be.

Our body cries out:

“More sleep!”

But, responsibility, principle and reason..

.. pull us to our feet, in spite of how we feel.

Is it not, unpleasant, when the dessert menu comes out..

And, like Pavlov’s dog, you begin to drool..

Yet, you turn it away..

Because you know.. it’s not on your menu..

You’ve made that commitment to a health conscience diet..

And caramel fudge sundaes are not part of it..

You’re drooling.. you’re desiring it.. you’re hungering for it..

You body cries out:

“Let’s eat it!”

But, responsibility, principle and reason..

.. they enable us to say.. “No thank you.”

The examples go on an on..

You know the scenarios..

You know, the unpleasantries of sacrifice..

You know, the disappointment of choosing that which is responsible..

.. over, that which is pleasurable...

You’ve considered the ramifications..

And you’ve forsaken that which is your right to do..

In exchange, for that which is more profitable.

This way of thinking comes to us slowly as we grow up.

Infants and toddlers don’t face their desires with this process of thought.

They don’t engage thoughts of speculations and weigh the benefits.

They simply… don’t think:

The two year old doesn’t reason…

“If I nap for two hours now, I’ll be much happier from 3pm till bedtime..

But if I don’t sleep, and I forgo my nap..

I’ll get what I want now..

But I’ll be grumpy and unmanageable the rest of the day..

And that’s fun for nobody.”

Infants and toddlers don’t do that.

They respond.. only, to their immediate desire.

That’s why we, as parents, are instructed to train our children..

To provide that structure and that discipline that they need..

We need to be the reasonable ones..

They will cry for food and affection constantly..

But we will establish a schedule for them..

And by doing so, we will give their lives structure.. –

On their own, they don’t want structure..

They can’t fathom the benefits of sacrifice..

But we, the grown ups.. “We understand!”

And by giving them what they need..

By forcing them into a healthy and reasonable routine..

By.. “training them”…

Our child will benefit on the other end..

And they will be happier..

They will be more independent..

They will be nourished and well rested.

Instead of being trained by our children.. we should be “training” our children..

Because we understand the benefits of sacrifice..

We know.. that it is often times.. wiser, and more reasonable..

To go against our personal cries for pleasure..

And do instead.. that which is wise.

In the physical world.. we all grow up.. and gain these understandings..

But in the spiritual world..

We enter into some different ways of thinking..

In the world.. we’re looking out for “us and ours”..

But spiritually, our thoughts and our intents..

Take a focus that is more beneficial..

To others…

A focus.. that is more pleasing..

To God.

Many of us, have seen this process take place in our own hearts..

When we became a Xtain.. we still pretty much thought the same way..

It was still.. about me.. about my gain.. about my security.. about my wants..

But, for those of us who have allowed the H.S. to work..

For those of us who have read His Words of Wisdom..

And have learned them..

Well, we’ve begun to think in a different manner.

Spiritually, we start out, like the infants and the toddlers..

We don’t comprehend the spiritual benefits of sacrifice..

But, like a parent, the H.S. leads us into a place of instruction..

And teaches us to see, that which is so different to our nature..

The world teaches us to keep.. to hoard.. to enrich..

But the Bible teaches us, to give.

The world teaches us to look out for number one..

But the Bible teaches us.. to look out for others.

Essentially the lesson is this:

The world, has us looking at ourselves..

But God, would have us looking to Him, for the benefit of others..

And we might ask: “What about me?

What about my needs?

What about my security?”

And of such a thing.. God has already made provision.

Maybe you recall the story of Samuel’s mother, Hannah.

For years, she cried in despair, because she wanted to give her husband a son..

But, when she cried out.. to the Lord.. and expressed her pledge..

To give her son… to God....

That’s when.. she conceived..

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