Greetings in Christ Jesus, Fellow Soldiers.
We talk often about not growing complacent and placing ourselves in positions of unnecessary physical risk. Yet, what are we doing to our minds and hearts when we are complacent about the risks we expose them to?
It is said that with regard to the opposite sex, it is okay to look, but not to touch. Is it okay to look? Would that person mind if they knew you were looking? Even if they didn't mind, how might such thoughts affect your relationship to that person? Are you thinking of them as a person with dignity or a collection of parts?
Friends, we must guard our hearts and minds. Jesus tells us that lusting after someone is tantamount to adultery (Matt. 5). Why fill your mind with thoughts of someone who doesn't belong to you, when you could be dreaming of the day you are reunited with your spouse? Why obsess over a fellow creature when you can glorify and enjoy the Creator of the universe?
Why not think of Christ, who did not cast His heart upon you to exploit you, but to save you at the cost of His own blood? What a wonderful Savior we have!
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