The reason God satisfies us with pleasure is because He created a hunger for pleasure in us. They each have an element of delight, pain and ache as they woo us into God' s presence. The enemy uses these cravings to woo us into darkness as well. When these longings are not touched in the grace of God they leave us empty; they leave us with pain, mourning and dissatisfaction. God created us with a "God-shaped vacuum" (gnawing emptiness) in our heart that only can be filled by God.
Satan counterfeits the pleasures that God created so that he might draw us away from God. Sin produces immediate pleasure. No one sins out of obligation. We sin because we believe that it will provide us pleasure that is superior to obeying God. The power of temptation rests on a deceptive promise that sin will bring more satisfaction than living for God.
Experiencing God is more effective in motivating us to resist sin that the fear of consequences. Why? Because the temptation to experience the immediate pleasure of sin is usually more powerful than the fear of punishment. We sin when our heart is hungry and unsatisfied with God. The choice we make when we are tempted with sin: it looks as if it will satisfy us, when in fact it is spoiled meat. The pleasures of God are a banquet set before us, a table of spiritual delights that can deliver us from the emptiness of seeking pleasure in sin. The way to free our heart from the domination of sin is by delighting in God. Encountering Jesus is a superior pleasure that transcends anything that sin can offer us. The allure of the immediate pleasure of sin is often more powerful that the fear of long- term consequences. The best way to overcome sin is in experiencing that His love is better than wine or being satisfied in God.
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