WOODSTOCK

The late 1960s brought us the Sexual Revolution.  Woodstock (pictured).  I was a mere babe at the time.  It promised freedom.  That was the whole idea -- freedom to talk however you wanted -- freedom to act however you wanted -- freedom to find maximum fulfillment on your own terms.

The thought was:  Why should sex be constrained to marriage?  If we really want personal fulfillment, we have to set all of life free, including sexuality.  But 50 years later, have we found satisfaction in that?

Decisively ... no.

Because the problem was never with our actions -- the problem was never with our speech -- the problem was never even with our bodies ---- the problem was always with our hearts.

'It always goes to the heart level with God.'

We aren't just trying really really hard not to do something wrong on our outsides; we're trying to become the kind of people who are naturally obedient to God on our insides.

God's desire isn't simply that you stop looking at women and wanting to do things with them, but that your inner person changes so you now want to obey God.  His desire isn't just so that you wouldn't want to kill someone, but that now you actually want to love the one who has hurt you.

We get so wrapped up with and over-focused on the externals.  But it always goes to the heart level with God.


And be blessed.