I know of a minister who married and then went on the mission field. He took an entire South American country for God. He had the whole government sitting on the stage while he was preaching the Gospel. The president was born again under this man's ministry. He was used mightily of God. But then he left the field. He came home because his wife kept saying, "Come home, come home." She didn't add to that man. She pulled from him.
We all need wives and husbands who will support us, not pull against us. This man died in 1976 a divorced alcoholic! Why? He married the wrong person, and it ruined him.
"And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things... "
—1 Corinthians 9:25
God has put natural desires into every man and woman. We've got a spirit, a soul, and a body. Each of these three areas has needs, and they must be met. They are natural, God-given desires that must be met. If they aren't met in the right way, trouble arises.
Many times an individual will go all out meeting the needs of one area while neglecting the other areas of his or her life. The day will come when those desires that have been sacrificed must be fulfilled. People decide either to go all the way with God's way of fulfilling these desires, or they choose to go all out in the ways of the world to get their desires met. If they go out into the things of the world, they rarely return.
These God-given desires must be met. There are spiritual desires like praying, or fellowshipping with the brethren, or studying the Word of God. Then there are natural desires within an individual. They must be met as well. An individual must have interaction with other people. He must know what it is to relax. If these natural desires aren't met correctly, the day will come when the desires and needs will surface. Those needs will become so great, they will cause rapid changes in one's life.
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