Where Does It End?

2 Peter 2:14-15a

They have eyes full of adultery, insatiable for sin. They entice unsteady souls. They have hearts trained in greed. Accursed children! Forsaking the right way, they have gone astray.

We are people that desire more. More money, more pleasure, more possessions, more more more.... But where does it end? Is there an end? Peter lays it out straight for us in this passage. Do we have a desire for sin that is not satisfied? We desire more and more sin and sin becomes our driving factor in life, regardless of if we even realize it? It is so easy to lose focus of our original motivation and find ourselves off target and seeking the wrong thing or having the wrong motivation. We serve because of reputation or obligation many times, we get caught up in accepting glory for ourselves in the areas that God has gifted us in, we don’t put in the effort that we ought to in work, school, relationships, or whatever else because we love laziness, we don’t dig deep into our walks because it often brings answers about us that we don’t want to find. We see how ugly we are in comparison to God, the King, the Perfect and Holy God. This verse raises the question of what is our priority, God or sin? Have we turned astray from the King or do we have misplaced passion? Has our religion become our passion rather than our relationship? Do we seek to do things rather than grow close with God? Rather what we do should be a reflection of our growth with God. But family, let us not continue in misplaced passions. May our hearts burn for God rather than sin. May we feel that we cannot go a day, an hour, a minute without our God rather than feeling so captivated by sin that we feel in bondage to it and can’t go a day without it and view a day without sin as a near impossible or irregular task, sometimes not even desirable. May our desire for God surpass and destroy our desire for sin and may we push forward towards the goal set before us (Phil 3:14) and keep in remembrance that ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE WITH GOD (Philippians 4:13). Do you believe this?

Misplaced passions end here.

Blessings,

A fellow believer seeking the King, seeking to live a life forsaking misplaced passion daily