Our soul is made up of our mind, our will and our emotions. Peter strongly advises us to “Abstain from fleshly lusts” because they ‘war against the soul” (1 Peter 2:11).
When we continue to give into desires or cravings that do not bring glory to God, we weaken our will power with each failure. We bring confusion into our minds and our emotions get out of control.
At first we believe we can handle it “this once”. Suddenly we are trapped and wonder how we let it get this far.
The moment we find ourselves in an old trap, instead of lying down and letting the quicksand flow over us, let’s call out for help.
