Obey your...what?

I recently heard a commercial for a soda company whose slogan really struck me. The viewer was exhorted to "Obey your thirst!" These words echoed in my mind as I thought of the implications of that statement and my thoughts soon included lots of things other than soda! Imagine if you and I gave into every thirst we have... No desire unmet and no craving left unfilled. We cannot even begin to imagine the devastation this would invoke in our lives.

We can certainly thirst for lots of things... The approval of other people, the acquisition of "things", a particular position of influence, or a specific job title are only a few examples. We are wise to ask God to search our hearts and reveal to us whether our priorities, thoughts, and actions are obeying a thirst that originates from our own self that is motivated by selfish ambition.

I don't know about you, but I know from personal experience that my own thirsts are not to be obeyed! We need to be certain that we are striving to obey a person - Jesus Christ - and certainly not any thirst that originates from us.

Now all this talk about thirst has gone and made me downright thirsty! I'm off to crash on the couch with my man with a nice warm cup of hot cocoa.