Sinful nature of the human being 3

* Luís Alberto Alves

The thoughts of various Christians is to get well of life. It has high limit credit card, designer clothes, expensive shoes, famous perfumes, luxury cars, and lots of money in the checking account. It is no sin to desire all this. The problem is when it takes the place of God, leaving Him in the background.

But how can we identify that my thoughts are in tune with the God? One of the signs is the divergence. Example: sunny Saturday, wallet full of money, tank of the car clogged with fuel and much disposition. By the logic of the world, it is the ideal day to stroll, to get a beach or to fill up with bags in the malls.

In the Lord's sight, this beautiful day could be used to visit some asylum, orphanage or even hospital, to pray for these abandoned and needy people of the mercy of Jesus Christ. Three hours would be sufficient to make this idea of ​​the Lord and then we could carry out our projects.

However, the sinful nature in the heart leaves this project of God aside. We spend all day just satisfying our flesh instead of valuing the spiritual. In this example it is quite clear that the thoughts of God do not match those of the human being.

* Luís Alberto Alves is a pastor.