It’s telling me that I will fail.
- Fail at my job, because I will constantly lust at the women around me.
- Fail as a husband, because I will betray her forever with my thought life and porn addiction.
- Fail as a father, since I will create a broken home and serve as a negative role model.
- Fail as a Christian leader, because I will eventually bring shame upon myself to the extent that it will shatter my witness to pieces.
The solution:
- Just take a job where there is no chance of encountering pretty women. Work alone.
- Forgo marriage.Save your woman the trouble.
- Don’t have children for the same reasons.
- Don’t take any position of prominent Christian witness. Don’t get too involved. Avoid becoming “the face” or a “major player” in a Christian or community ministry. In the end, you don’t want to crash down hard once your lust is laid out in the open.
All these thoughts seem sensible in many ways, and that’s his trick. The devil knows how to sow his lies, as he has honed his craft from the time of Eden. But, in hindsight, the thoughts that he places in my mind boil down to one thing: Lust 1, Uriah 0. And so I say…
No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I will fight! As God is my witness I will fight, even now at this very moment when I am in the throes of lusting to see sexual images.
I will fight! Yes, I will, but I need to do so wisely, not blindly. I need God, my friends, my loved ones, and my accountability for wisdom. I must know when to fight back and when to pull back and restrategize.
I humbly ask for prayers.
And fight on my brothers and sisters!
Like Uriah 