Lust

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"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 he lust. God has sheltered us-in Christ; " Walk in the Spirit," then, " and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh." Lust is the very essence of the world. " Lo, I come to do Thy will, O God," was Christ's way. Wherever there is a "Thus saith the Lord," though it be-even going to he 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 wouldest Thou have me to do?" "Lo I come to do Thy will? " recognizing obedience to God as the one great thing?