Thoughts
on Michael Wells’ teachings in My Weakness for His Strength - # 220
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If
you ever spent much time (well, maybe just even a little time!) with Michael
Wells you knew he had a great sense of humor…one that was always testing your
thought processes. Today’s writing is
spot on with that!
DAY 68
Does God Have a Sex Drive?
For
the eyes of the LORD move to and fro throughout the earth that He may strongly
support those whose heart is completely His. --II Chronicles 16:9
Does God have a sex drive? Maybe a better question would
be, “Why does God give man a sex drive?” There are few things within man
as dangerous as the sex drive, which has been the cause of untold misery and
suffering. Why, then, knowing the misuse that would come about, did God give
man such a desire? Man is made in the image of God, and therefore,
understanding God can come from looking at man, just as looking to God can
bring understanding about man. As we look at man the legitimate question can be
asked, “Does God have a sex drive?” The answer is an astounding, “Yes!”
However, we must define
the sex drive properly. Its
purpose is actually the pursuit of intimacy. This is why those addicted
to sex will never find satisfaction, for they are attempting to fulfill the
craving for intimacy through the repetition of a physical act. Sex without intimacy is nothing
more than feeding the flesh a junk-food snack, which brings only a very
temporary physical satisfaction. The question, then, becomes, “Does God
have an intimacy drive?” Yes!
I was joking with some of the young men
in a Bible school and telling them I knew that as they entered the lecture
hall, their eyes were moving to and fro in the hope of making eye contact with
one of the young women. If that happened, they would get encouraged and next
begin to pass by the girl on a frequent basis in anticipation that perhaps the
fleeting glance was something more. If that effort were rewarded, they would
have the confidence to talk to the girl, ask her out, and begin to woo her. One
day they would be quite excited if the young woman told them that she had
chosen them! It is the drive for intimacy that causes all such behavior.
Now multiply the sex drive times one
hundred, call it the drive for intimacy, and you will begin to get a picture of the drive for
intimacy that exists within the love of God. His eyes search to and fro for the one who will
meet His glance. If our eyes meet His, he begins to woo us, and one day
we choose Him! God’s drive for
intimacy is so great, and yet it is constrained by our choice. He does
not practice spiritual rape. We
must choose Him, desire Him, and respond to His advances. How often we hear how man thinks
that God does not love us! That is foolishness!
Through
God’s drive for intimacy, He wants to conceive something in our spirit, not our
mind, will, or emotions. “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid
to take Mary as your wife; for the Child who has been conceived in her is of
the Holy Spirit” (Matthew 1:20). We stand enthralled at a virgin birth where
Christ was formed in Mary. However, He has been birthed in us, also. A conception, in the love of God, has taken place in
every child of God. When
the sex drive is defined properly as the drive for intimacy, we understand both
God’s heart and man’s need for intimacy. Satan does not have a creative bone in his body; he must
watch to see what God is doing and then tempt us with something that is off.
We see this clearly when Moses was with the magicians that could only attempt
to duplicate what God did first. Therefore, when God creates the drive for intimacy, Satan sees the
opportunity for perverting it and offers man the possibilities for physical
activity with the exclusion of intimacy. The problem with a lone
physical act’s not bringing the desired expression of intimacy yields a drive
for sex that is quite animalistic and unsatisfactory. There is no need to
discuss where it goes from there. Sex as expressed in the world is simply off!
Yellow – VIP, Very Important Point Green
– IT, Incredible Truth
Red – GP, Greatest Promises
Turquoise – UR, Unfathomable Riches Pink
– PV, Priceless Victory
Today’s text has been one of my most favorite (and most often quoted)
verses for almost 35 year…almost from the first year I was Born Again. I don’t remember who first pointed out this
verse to me, or how I came to know of its existence, but I guarantee you it was
not addressed in the manner Michael has now done so! LOL!
And I never thought of it as such…just relished that God was looking for
someone whose heart was completely His…and I want His Soul in me to be the
heart I am operating in, and to experience His strength.
Now, if you read and re-read today’s writing, Michael has hit upon a
major point of
God’s love for man, and also reveals one of the missing elements of life
for multitudes (“intimacy”), just as “relationships” have gone missing somewhere
along the way.
The pursuit of intimacy. The
importance of choice, desire, and response.
The conception and birth in every child of God. All of these draw our focus to reveal the
explicit intimacy that our Heavenly Father’s heart has for us.
Michael gives us an incredible truth that we must not miss, nor ever
forget: Through
God’s drive for intimacy, He wants to conceive something in our spirit, not our mind, will, or
emotions. He HAS
(in every Born Again Believer) conceived this intimacy IN OUR SPIRIT,
not in our SOUL (mind, will, or emotions).
Beautiful!
So, today, I choose
to move in intimacy with God in my Spirit
(I use and emphasize the capital S
because at my being Born Again the original Adam spirit was crucified with Jesus, and I do possess His Spirit now and forevermore).
Well, amen!
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