"In Lust"

"When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partakers with adulterers." (Psalms 50:18) God is the judge alright, He can have that right because He has that right, because He has it right, more like He has us right; or more to the point: He knows exactly what it is that we really care about! Lust is more than just something that practice on our own, as in to have a lustful desire for something or someone, it is also something that can be a passion within us; something that we may not even know that we have, that is until we get caught up in something lustful. This is a little more than just turning a blind eye, or pretending not to notice something someone else is doing; this is getting involved, whether physically or mentally, it really does not matter much, because they both generate the same commitment from the heart; actually, the mental involvement may actually turn out to be worst, because there may not actually be any remorse if you did not physically get involved. One way you could best express this is by using the modern day Soap Operas that get watched on our televisions. Some people get so caught up in the life of the characters, that they actually will take sides, even if the person whom they are taking the side of is wrong, dead wrong; even if that person is involved in an adulterous affair, as long as it is their favorite character, it's all good and exciting to be a part of. Another way to look at this, one that might be more in line with the times of old, would be the position of those in leadership, say like a priest or leader in the church; thievery and adultery were pretty big deals back then, and usually those that were caught in the act of doing such things could be stoned or have something taken from them, like a limb or their head; in which case, the person of any authority could make a little money by looking the other way, which also makes them a party to what took place. Either way, the heart can long for and look forward to the commitment of something wrong to take place, because it takes pleasure in what results, both physically and mentally. The bottom line to what God is putting forth, really has more to do with holiness than anything else; not that we could ever achieve to be holy, but it should be something that we long for, and something by which we set out to accomplish in our lives. Holy living, although it may not be attainable in these failed bodies, it is still something that must be longed for; which, in case you missed the point, becomes the passion of our hearts... "Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths. The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths; whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace. Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness. We grope the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men." (Isaiah 59:7-10)