“but she who is self-indulgent is dead even while she lives.” 1Tim5.6 ESV
It is interesting that the word “self-indulgent,” translates the Greek from which we get the word “spa.” Now most people associate living in the lap of luxury as a delicacy known only by a privileged few. But is a plush life really desirable? The apostle describes the self-indulgent person as being dead even while living. Why? Isn’t it true that God made pleasures to be enjoyed? Well yes, this same apostle warned us that we should avoid people who “forbid marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created” and that “nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving.” But there is a great deal of difference between people who enjoy pleasure and those who live for it. I can think of few miseries greater than one who is always chasing the good life and missing out of the life in front of them. But one misery certainly greater than chasing pleasure is to have pleasure turn and catch you. This happens when we make a god out of our belly and wind up serving our pleasures rather than employing them as a means to enjoy God who graciously made them. 10/28/2008 ts
Just me trying to be honest with God.
