Proverbs 20:13/21:17 - Comfort Addict
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· 14 viewsThe danger of choosing to love pleasure over God.
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Comfort Addict
Comfort Addict
What does it mean to be a “Comfort Addict”?
What does it mean to be a “Comfort Addict”?
Comfort addict: having an inordinate love of physical pleasure.
We can Define “Pleasure” as... the joy that comes from the satisfaction of physical wants.
We can Define “Pleasure” as... the joy that comes from the satisfaction of physical wants.
Look at what wisdom says about loving pleasure:
He who loves pleasure will be a poor man;
He who loves wine and oil will not be rich.
(NKJV)
17 He who loves pleasure will be a poor man; He who loves wine and oil will not be rich.
The bible isn't against pleasure per se.
And wine that makes glad the heart of man,
Oil to make his face shine,
And bread which strengthens man’s heart.
15 And wine that makes glad the heart of man, Oil to make his face shine, And bread which strengthens man’s heart.
Also, loving comfort is no more wrong than the overlove of discomfort.
Also, loving comfort is no more wrong than the overlove of discomfort.
Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty;
Open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with bread.
13 Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty; Open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with bread.
compared to:
It is vain for you to rise up early,
To sit up late,
To eat the bread of sorrows;
For so He gives His beloved sleep.
(NKJV)
2 It is vain for you to rise up early, To sit up late, To eat the bread of sorrows; For so He gives His beloved sleep.
Both are wrong.
Pleasure > God?
traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
(NKJV)
4 traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
It leads to disaster
"At one level, addiction to discomfort can make people detached, avoiding entanglements with people in order to protect their own time and convenience. It can also lead to literal addictions to substances and sexual practices. Idolatry takes many forms, and it is the wise man or woman who can locate and destroy anything usurping God's place."
Keller