Yeah, I know what a horrible thought!! Honestly though, who has not done this? You are presented with one of your temptations or addictions that you just cannot seem to say no to. But, what if Jesus were physically standing there next to your temptation? Would you still say yes to the sin? I know you hear the cliche "Would you do that if Jesus were in the room?" Uh, HELLO!!! He is in the room!! All the time!! Watching every move you make and knowing what decisions you are going to make but praying that you would make the right one. I still cannot believe for years that I would choose my temptations and sins over someone WHO GAVE HIS LIFE FOR ME!!!!! This past March, a friend of mine and I watched "The Passion of the Christ," and we delved ourselves into a 3 hour Bible study (on accident) but we were so grateful that we did. We studied God for three hours straight and started changing one of our shared sins because it clicked in our heads what Jesus did for us. We have been able to keep each other accountable with this change and I am glad to say that the sin is just about if not almost gone. I still feel horrible that the temptation is still there but it's so much more subtle now and that just means that I'm getting closer to God because the desire for Him is growing and the sin is disipating.
However, this last week I have said this before, but I have purged things in my life that were hindering me from having a relationship that I desire with Jesus. For those of you who know me well, I LOVE MOVIES!! But, I started questioning, do I love movies more that Jesus? No, I do not. I can honestly say that I have gotten rid of SOME of my dvd's that were not good for me to be watching. I refused to sell them to anyone because why would I get rid of sin and give it to someone else when I could get rid of it completely? I want to better the world not just pass off the sin to someone else. That is just ridiculous. Now think about your temptations. I know we all love to do this. But, what is keeping you from giving yourself completely over to Jesus? Could it be something as simple as watching tv? Or could it be the other extreme and be something that no one knows about and you WILL NOT share with anyone? I have those too. But, no more. They are so last week. I challenge you today, to rid yourself of the things in your life that could be keeping you from having the relationship that Jesus desires to have with you. It's hard, but when has the right decision ever been the easy one?
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