"Lust" is the stretching forth the hand to take something for self. If God say, Take, it is no lust to take. But, if the very crown prepared by God for you were there, and you took it unbidden by Him, it would be lust. God has sheltered us in Christ; " walk in the spirit," then, " and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh." Lust is the very essence of the world. "Lo, I come to do thy will," was Christ's, way. Wherever there is a " Thus saith the Lord," though it be even going to the stake, you will find a joy, a calmness, which you will never find in stolen waters taken for yourself. A path utterly unblameable- may be pursued, and yet God may say, I did not put you there; and this comes in to interfere with the sustainment of quiet peace in the heart. Is it with me, " Lord, what wouldst thou have me to do 2" " Lo I come to do thy will?" recognizing obedience to God as the one great thing.
[G. V. W.]