It's been a while since this was recorded and SO MUCH has happened in my life since then and rewatching this reminded me of my core beliefs and reminded me of some important principles.
Sexual desire in itself is good. God made it in the beginning. It has its proper place. But it was made to be governed, regulated and guided by two concerns: Honor toward the other person and Holiness toward God.
Lust is what that sexual desire becomes when that honor and holiness are missing from it.
Once in a week I go into the statistics of this channel and see the forwards and stuff. And what's exciting is some posts getting more reactions, comments and discussion on other channels than here. It's so fun to read and go through, it's like a completely different community of people.
One thing I find very difficult in Christianity is to see myself and other believers as an organ in one body.
It is very easy to say but when you're very committed and you're pouring your life on it, it becomes very challenging.
For example - one believer is blessed to be a pastor, another to sing, another to counsel, another to bring finances.
So let's say you're leading a Church, then you've got to trust that God will coordinate all of these people, finance and more forcing you to focus on one particular task.
Me being a know it all and do it all kinda person, find this a bit challenging.
There's this verse in Isaiah 9:6 that calls Jesus "Everlasting Father" or "የዘላለም አባት" and at first sight it looks like it's saying Jesus is a Father forever...
But the actual meaning is Father of Eternity which is to mean that He gave birth to eternity. Which's wild to think about.