OVERPOWER
Today's reading: 1 Timothy 4-6

"...their physical desires will overpower their devotion to Christ..." 1 Timothy 5:11 NLT

I know, it's talking about the younger widowed women in line for charity.

I know, it's talking about their possible desire to re-marry.

I know, it's talking about their desires, their physical, like sexual, desires.

But it hits home.

How often do I put my own desires ahead of my devotion to Christ?

How often do I feel uncomfortable doing what He's asked?

How many times have I refused to stand or go up front because my physical being causes me embarrassment?

How many occasions have I defaulted to not worshiping God because of what I felt others would say--about me, about my manner of worship, about my past?

How many times have I been too tired to serve God, too tired from serving the world?

I don't think I'm the only one who allows my physical desires to overpower my devotion to Christ--and I'm not young or widowed?