Day 6: Do Not Feed What You Ask to Be Freed From

There is one simple, honest truth at the heart of freedom: you cannot keep feeding what you are asking Jesus to free you from. To remove the contaminated stones, the priest had to stop feeding the mildew - quarantine it, scrape the walls, take the contaminated material out. In our lives, that means clothing ourselves with the presence of Jesus and refusing to think about ways to indulge our desires. It means letting the Holy Spirit guide our lives so we are not doing what our sinful nature craves. Whatever you are asking God to break, you have to stop feeding it. This may mean hard changes in your habits, your content, and your company - but freedom is worth it.