There was a commercial not too long ago, where a husband was speaking, saying "When my wife was pregnant, she had strange cravings for laundry detergent..." It cut the family getting out of the car, husband holding a child saying "My question is when will it stop?"
That commercial was genius. Not for what it sold, because I can't even remember it. But for the underlying theme that I have just found.
Our soul craves things. Whether we know them or not, it yearns. As a Christian it is our duty to find what our soul craves. But all too often we find it (i.e. Salvation) and settle. But we should be like the mother in this commercial, even after the cravings should have stopped, they are still going strong.
Smoking is extremely addictive, and although there are numerous commercials anti-smoking, as well as known health risks, many people continue to smoke. They crave it. They are addicted to it. They're bodies long for the nicotine to enter them, and they seek it out.
Y0u do not entertain an addiction by sitting on the couch waiting for it to come to you (unless your addiction is sitting on the couch waiting...) You go and find it. You search for it, you long for it, you do not give up until you find it.
So why are we, as Christians, not seeking out a lost and dying world with everything we have? If we mean even a third of what we say/sing/hear, then aren't we addicted to seeing God change lives? This is aimed at myself as well, because I have done a terrible job in the field of verbally witnessing.
Instead, we enroll ourselves in "Spiritual Rehab," at least some form. It could be your Sunday school class, it could be worship services, it could be reading. Spiritual Rehab is anything that is there to help rid you of your addiction to changing lost souls. We do not want to enter this rehab. I pray to God that I check myself out, and go into an immediate relapse of binge-witnessing.
So when will our cravings end? Has ours as a church already ended? How can we entice the addiction to come back?
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