Lust is the stretching forth the hand to take something for self. If God says, “Take,” it is no lust to take, but if the very crown prepared by God for you were there and you were to take it yourself unbidden by Him, it would be lust. God has sheltered us in Christ. Walk in the Spirit and you shall not fulfill the lusts of the flesh. The Spirit seeks the things of God — the things that are the best for us and that are for the glory of God. Lust is taking for myself, and the better the thing, the worse it is. Lust is the very essence of the world, while “Lo, I come to do Thy will” is His way. Wherever there is “Thus saith the Lord,” though we may be going to the stake, you will find a joy and a calmness never found in stolen waters taken for self. A path utterly unblamable 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. “Am I walking as Thou wouldest have me, Lord?” is the question for each heart. “Lo, I come to do Thy will,” simple obedience to God, is the one great thing for the soul.
G. V. Wigram