The Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Principle

Saturday, August 14, 2021

Proverbs 27:7 says, "A satisfied soul loathes honey, but to a hungry soul even bitter things are sweet." I like sweets, but if I'm full on healthy food, I can turn them down. If I'm not full, then I start dreaming of Reese's Peanut Butter cups. But, if I eat a full meal before I go grocery shopping, I can walk through the bakery section and rebuke every cookie and pie and tell it: "Get thee behind me!" So in the spiritual realm, if you're always being tempted, you're not filling yourself up with the fullness of God. If you're not full spiritually, you're more susceptible to being tempted. But if you're full, you're able to turn down sinful things which would have appeared tempting. Fill yourself up with the things of God. Delight in His presence and His good gifts, and you won't be overcome. It's as simple as turning down the honeycomb, or walking through the valley of the shadow of the junk food aisle in your local supermarket and turning it all down because you went there on a full stomach.

From Message #1114 - The Good Joy