World Domination

1 Corinthians relates to us God's love, in that He cannot allow us to be tempted above that we are able to bear. This revelation should impress in us, not a frivolousness in our mannerism in the world, but an acute sense of victory. Usually, we are plagued by constant reminders that we are flesh and blood, and not the spirit that Paul so readily refers to us as. These temptations cut deep into us, more than we usually consider; and increases our frustration with God and thus weakens our faith in God. We begin to think things like:

God, why did You give us eyes to see then? Why didn't You save me from this knowledge till I am married?
Why would you put me in this a position where I have to lie to keep my friendship? I don't want to lose this friend!

In this first case, lust eats into our soul and makes every little joke we hear appear risque; there is no innocence in our hearts anymore. In the latter case, we are often very willing to lose God instead of our "friends", even if just for an evening.

But, we forget the words of 1 Corin. 10 which instill the fear of God back into us: we remember that 23 000 people were killed for fornication; we remember the number that did not make it out of the desert as a result of their idolatory, and we shiver (and rightly so; for God is a God of judgment).

In my preceding post, I touched on our race; I emphasize the importance of running that race knowing we run for a prize. Many Christians believe that we all have equivalent rewards in heaven, and I do not necessarily oppose that; but if one does not run the race (with fear and trembling), as though for a prize, how can God take it? For we run in faith that our prize is everlasting life in God; can't you see the glory that awaits us?

Hearken to this analogy: the world is like the Microsoft Word application; if you are Nigerian, or British, you always think you have terrible spelling because Word always underlines your words in red! But, once you realize that Word is erroneous by highlighting your words as wrong, you can continue to type on in faith, only glancing from time to time at your spelling.
Do not "live" in this world, but renew your mind with the Word of God; conquer your mind every morning, and its urgings will turn more and more into static, as you radio in on God's station.