Words From An Adultress

So, I was reading Hebrews this evening and I came upon thise verse : "This is the new covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time, declares the Lord. I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people." (Hebrews 8:10) When you are saved (at which time you recieved the Holy Spirit) God begins working to change your thoughts and desires. God is constantly working to make our thoughts and wants line up with His.

The problem is that we are fickle (I know that is a granny word, but I couldnt think of a better one). We desire God until we get Him, then we desire to move on to something else. Oh, we want God, we want to be saved, we want the full 'heavenly' treatment. When we are first saved, we have such joy and peace that nothing could shake our faith. Then after a time of walking with the Lord, we grow tired or weary in the work of God ---dare I say bored with the things of God? It is at that time that we become adulterers.

That's right I went there. We become full fledged fornicators and commit adultery with the world against our Groom. Let me put it this way.........Let's say you have been married for 10 years, you and your husband get along okay, but the 'spark' is gone from your marriage, so you see a nice looking man and he tells you that you are the most beautiful woman on earth. You begin to spend all your time with him and think about him without ever giving your Husband a thought. All of the sudden your faithful, comfortable companion has become a dreary bore and you are not satisfied until you are in the arms of someone whom you feel is more exciting. Oh, you may not actually have sex with this man, but isnt it still adultery? If your husband were spending all his time and money on another woman, would you not consider him an adulterer?

That is exactly what we do with God. We know that He is faithful. We know that He loves His children unconditionally, but we get bored with Him and we look to the world for our pleasure. We go for a while and dont recieve a fresh word from Him so we assume He doesnt love us anymore and we look for love elsewhere. The truth is we arent hearing a fresh word because we are too busy thinking about the things of the world to hear Him whisper the things He wants to teach us. God wants to put His thoughts in our minds and write His laws on our hearts, but sadly much of the time we are too busy spending time with our other lover - the world. It is adultery pure and simple and we are all guilty of it. I am just so thankful that He is faithful when we are not.