"Surrender to God's Love"

"Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy truth?" (Psalms 89:49)
The first thing we must remember about this "terrible thing" spoken of in Hebrews 10:31, is that God loves us more than we could ever love ourselves. That might not be the revelation you need to change, but next time you want to play around, think about how much God loves you, and then compare that great love to the tiny little speck of love you have for yourself. Why would you do that to yourself if had so much love for your own eternal welfare? Is it that you don't care about what might happen? or is it that you really don't care if you might go to hell? These are tuff questions to ask, but sometimes that's what it takes to penetrate a tuff heart. Yesterday, Ray Comfort was not To Every Man an Answer, and he said a couple of things that caused me to reflect upon my heart. We can create some sort of comfort zone; if you don't mind me using that expression, no pun intended; where we literally block out the things we only think about, as if they don't count for sins. We might even put them in the category of temptations, as if it's okay to be tempted, as long as we don't actually commit the act that we are thinking about in our minds. At what point does a thought become a sin? It was this that made me wonder at something Ray mentioned, which was about the "gut." He even made a little joke about it, by saying, "That gut feeling," which in and of itself can give you some hint to where this might be going. I know Ray from way back in my days at Hosanna Chapel in Bellflower, so I know a little bit how his mind works when he makes something into a joke; it's a lot like how Jesus used parables, you either get it or you don't. Does it move me? How's that for an answer? What should be moving me, all day and all night, is the love of God for my eternal soul! I should not be moved by lustful images or dreams of sexual encounters; those things should not even be looked upon or thought about. I remember when my wife was trying to get pregnant, like about 26 years ago; it was okay for me then to look upon some lustful images, as I supplied the goods for her doctor to use. It felt wrong doing it, but somehow it was okay because she approved. Ray shared about what it took for him to surrender to the Lord; it was a simple sentence that Jesus spoke, which took down his 'comfort zone;' which just so happens to be what Ray had hanging outside of his house, "The Comfort Zone." We can really get wrapped up in our false sense of security in our ability to abstain from having affairs or fornicating, but we forget that God looks at the heart, not at the actions, because we only act upon what's in our hearts! Wow, that's like a punch in the gut...
""You have heard the commandment that says, 'You must not commit adultery.' But I say, anyone who even looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart. So if your eye -even your good eye -causes you to lust, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. And if your hand -even your stronger hand -causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell."" (Matthew 5:27-30) NLT