Original Entry:
December 15, 2011
Salem, OR
They promise them freedom, while they themselves are
slaves of depravity-for a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him. 2 Peter 2:19
I recently posted,
“A smart phone that is not protected against pornography belongs to a dumb man.” As technology advances men must begin to look
at things differently. Because of my
pre-Jesus history I see technology as a potential to view pornography. The things many men, including myself, celebrated
prior to knowing Jesus are now the things we are ashamed of and struggle to
protect against.
What was once
celebrated is now a point of contention.
Many Christian men are
in bondage to the sins of their youth (2
Timothy 2:22). A man’s present
bondage is often because of the sins of his past.
“A man is slave to whatever has mastered him” (2 Peter
2:19).
What has control
over you? Is it food, chew, slothfulness,
beer, cussing, work, or a hobby that detours form your responsibilities?
Paul wrote, “I will be mastered by nothing” (1
Corinthians 6:12).
I read of a man who would
spy on his wife logging into the family computer so he could enter logins until
he figured out the password unlocking his secret world of pornography!
He was not a master
of his domain.
A man is mastered by
the things that master him. A man fights the sin he once celebrated. A man
exposes his darkness to the light empowering other men to rally around his
cause.
What has mastery
over you? A better question is, “What
secret life are you hiding from those closest to you?”
Boys guard their
secrets. Boys are mastered by them.
Men, however, expose
their sin. Men are mastered only by
Jesus alone.
