DISTRUST PRAYING AMISS
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DISTRUST
DISTRUST
But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
DISTRUST
SEEKING SOMETHING AND NEVER TRUSTING GOD OR ASKING GOD FOR IT
Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.
Another cause for temptations and wrong doing of many Christians is UNBELIEF WHICH IS DISTRUST.
There are so many christian who do not know God in a personal way, or know Him to the point that they can ask and call upon God to meet his needs.
The natural man does not have this kind of meaningful trust in God. Man basically distrusts God.
But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
1. The word for lust or desire is a different word than the word for lust in verses one and three. The word in this verse means a yearning desire or passion.
Sometimes the desire is good; sometimes it is bad.
For example, to desire money is good, but to desire money and more money to the point that you love and yearn it more than God, is bad.
Note:
We do not have our desires met many times because we do not trust and depend upon God to fulfill our desires.
There is nothing wrong with our basic desires; they are to be met.
Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
But they are to be met by our trusting and depending upon God, acknowledging Him as the Source and Provider of every good and perfect gift.
It is when we ignore, neglect, and deny God that our desires run loose and wild or out of control.
It is when God is shoved aside that we begin to desire and desire to the point that we lie, steal, cheat, fight, kill, and war to gratify our desires and pleasures.
Three levels of lusts and desires
=> You lust, and have not.
=> You desire to have and kill, and cannot obtain.
=> You desire to have and fight and war, yet you have not.
1. Some desire and desire, and they do not have.
They do little to fulfill their deepest desires.
They do little beyond indulging the basic desires for comfort and ease.
They have broader and deeper desires, but they are just unwilling to do what is necessary to fulfill these desires.
And most tragic of all, they do not sincerely call upon God and trust in Him to help them in meeting any of their desires, not even the desires for the basic necessities of life.
2. Some desire and desire so much that they lie, steal, cheat, and kill to gratify and possess their desires.
The desire may be for a person (adultery), recognition or land.
Joe Theismann
Quarterback cum ESPN commentator Joe Theismann, allegedly explaining to his soon-to-be-ex-second wife why he had an affair: "God wants Joe Theismann to be happy."
But no matter what it is, and no matter how much of it is gotten and possessed, it does not satisfy the lust and desire.
The person just craves more and more, not being able to obtain what he is after, even after all his sinful effort.
3. Others desire and desire so much that they are willing to fight and go to war to gratify their desires.
They want something so much—some power, some land, some position, some vengeance—that they are willing to throw a whole company or nation of people into a fight or war in order to satisfy their desire and gratify their pleasure.
Imagine wanting something so much that one will kill and destroy the life of another person and in the case of war, the lives of millions in order to get it.
Man’s deepest desires are never satisfied apart from God.
A person must trust and call upon God in order to have desires fulfilled: “Ye have not, because ye ask not.”
There are three reasons why trusting and calling upon God are necessary for these desires to be fulfilled.
Man’s deepest and most restless craving is spiritual.
God has made man a spiritual being, a being who is restless until his spirit is at peace with God. Many may deny, ignore, neglect and reject this fact; nevertheless, the denial of truth does not do away with the truth.
God has made man a spiritual being, a being with a soul that craves for spiritual satisfaction:
=> Man craves for God, for the fellowship and communion, the care and security of His presence. => Man craves for life, for life that is both abundant and eternal.
=> Man craves for a perfect world.
Man desires these things; deep down within his soul he desires for spiritual satisfaction, and his spirit is restless—ever craving for more and more—until the spirit is satisfied with the knowledge of these things.
Man is not able to control his desires, not completely and not always. Man must have the presence and power of God to control all his lusts and desires.
No matter what man may think and claim, history is clear evidence of the uncontrolled desires of men.
We must trust God and call upon God.
We must consult with God about our desires and wants...
* talk with Him
*ask His opinion
*ask His will ask if the desire is good or bad ask if the need is a true need or simply the lust for pleasure or gratification
We must learn to commune and fellowship with God—to walk in Him, live and move in Him, seeking and asking His opinion, will, and help every step of every day.
And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
ILLUSTRATION:
When we foolishly try to fulfill our desires in our own way, we are not trusting God.
God is willing and certainly able to meet every need we have.
But we must trust His plan—we must trust Him.
A man was once being conducted by a guide over a dangerous Alpine trail. At length they came to a place where a great rock jutted out over the [cliff], leaving only the fragment of a pathway. The guide laid hold on the rock with one hand and put his other hand down on what was left of the trail, the hand extending out over the abyss. He told the other man to step on his hand and forearm and thus pass around the rock in safety. The man hesitated and was afraid; but the guide said, “Do not fear to stand on my hand. That hand has never yet lost a man.” God will always provide a way out of danger. He only expects us to trust Him to provide—and in His way.