Bible help to overcome Lust ?

 

A lustful thought is like a torpedo, cruising relentlessly, silently under the water, straight toward the hull of our ship. I understand that unless I take instant evasive action, I am in trouble. The truth is that I cannot afford to let any lustful thoughts into our minds. Enemy knows how to exploit that one little opening until it is a gaping hole in your spiritual armour as the little opening is all the Enemy needs. So, my plan to walk in victory over lustful thoughts is as under.

A Self-Defeating Fight: I know that I sometimes finish committing some lustful thoughts and then immediately begin to question, how did that happen, what went wrong. I was doing fine, how all of a sudden it happened. It always began as a tiny, silent thought in my mind.

Sometimes I tend to pay little attention to the thoughts that come into our minds. Some come and go so quickly but others linger. Some entice and tantalize & some are sinful and so hard to overcome. But I know that there is victory in Jesus Christ over impure thoughts and there are several things I must do to assure victory. My plan to overcoming is as under.

1. Break the Trance: The first is what I refer to as “breaking the trance.” When lustful thoughts will start to arise in my mind, I will try outwardly to break that momentum toward sin. The situation I am in is likely too conducive then something needs to immediately change. If watching television or using the computer is source, I will turn it off and take a short walk to help me get my thoughts redirected.

Colossians 3:5 says, “Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry.” What does this mean? It means to stop feeding that thing & if anything not fed that will eventually die, or at least lose its power.

2. Pray Continuously:  Secondly, PRAY! I neglect the weapon of prayer far too often. I need Lord’s help. The Word of God instructs us to take our thoughts captive (II Corinthians 10:5) and the best way is to pray. It is impossible to pray and think lustful thoughts at the same time. Prayer has the power to overcome lust.

I decides that If I fail, I will take help from friend, or my spiritual mentor who can pray with you. I will Humble myself and confess my need for prayer to overcome these lustful thoughts. Such humility will the door for favour of the God. I understand that God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble. (I Peter 5:5).

3. Clean House: Third I have decided to apply the words given by the apostle Paul: “Do not be conformed to this world” (Romans 12:2a). Sometimes things I find like television is the source of lustful thoughts and crush my spiritual life or some catalogues and magazines filled with glossy advertising based on sensual appeals I will not use them to come out of it during that critical time. So decided to have a good housecleaning that will go a long way toward making my home the onslaught of sensual propaganda the world hurls at me.

But ultimately, these three steps will not produce lasting victory over lustful thoughts but I need to go hand-in-hand with a long-term transformation of my mind with word of God.

A Great Reversal:  Romans 12:2 goes on to say “…but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.” Be transformed? What does it mean to have to have a renewed and transformed mind?

A transformed mind is one that draws its thoughts and motives from an increasingly vibrant relationship with God. Any time you “put off the old,” you must also “put on the new” (Ephesians 4:22, 24). Hollow and deceptive fantasies need to be replaced by something more wonderful. If I proclaim the relevant Scriptures that will renew the spirit of your mind. (Ephesians 4:23).

A new and transformed mind is filled with thoughts of Jesus and His love as it was revealed on the Cross. God wants to renew and transform my mind, my ugly, self-centred, lust-filled mind and give me “beautiful mind,” one that truly pleases and glorifies Him. I will continue to strive for the same to overcome the lustful thought soon and walk in total freedom.