Be
sober! Be on the alert! Your adversary the Devil is prowling around
like a roaring lion, looking for anyone he can devour. 1 peter 5:8
If
you’d like a perfect formula for character destruction, here it is:
become addicted to something that destroys your health or your sanity.
If (God forbid) you allow yourself to become addicted, your steering
straight for a tidal wave of negative consequences, and fast. Our
society that glamorizes the use of drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, and other
addictive substances. Why? The answer can be summed up in one word:
money. Simply put, addictive substances are big money makers, so
suppliers (of both legal and illegal substances) work overtime to make
certain that people like you sample their products. The suppliers need a
steady stream of new customers because the old ones are dying off
(fast), so they engage in a no-holds-barred struggle to find new
users---or more accurately, new abusers.
The
dictionary defines addiction as “the compulsive need for a
habit-forming substance; the condition of being habitually and
compulsively occupied with something”. The definition is accurate, but
incomplete. For Christians, addiction has an additional meaning: it
means compulsively worshipping something other than God.
Since behaviors become habits, make them work with you and not against you. E. Stanley Jones
A man may not be responsible for his last drink, but he certainly was for the first. Billy Graham
Dear
Lord, You have instructed me to care for my body, and I will obey You.
I will be mindful of the destructive power of addiction, and I will
avoid the people, the places, and the substances that can entrap my
spirit and destroy my life. Amen
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