Clogging Your Mind

I've been camping out in Romans for what feels like forever. Came across this statement in Romans 8:5 "Those who are dominated by the sinful nature think about sinful things, but those who are controlled by the Holy Spirit think about things that please the Holy Spirit." So here's the image that pops into my head. Remember that commercial where a man is walking out if his house, and on the way out sees the really hot lady plumber going into the house next to his? He turns around and runs into his house and immediately tries to clog his toilet so he can get the plumber to come over to his house. He throws everything down the toilet trying to get it to clog. Dog food, golf balls, a potted plant, teal lights. And as he is desperately working, he looks up to see his wife looking at him like he's lost his mind. Is that not us?

We are in relationship with God, and our mind is being renewed (Romans 12:1-2, yes that's another Romans quotation). So we go out on our day, and we see something that seems really attractive, but that we don't have any business messing with. And immediately we start clogging our mind trying to justify and find some way to get that thing we want. And the sad part is we often succeed, and then we betray our wife (God, ignore gender this is just a metaphor and God isn't any gender anyway, I'm just saying we're in a monogamous relationship with Him) with some pretty thing we see. And then we look up to see God looking at us like we've lost our mind, because in essence we have.

If we're going to walk with God, we've got to quit clogging our mind, because we know that will lead to us cheating on God. Conversely, we know that if we focus on Him that it draws us closer and more intimate in relationship with Him. The question then becomes, do I love God enough to quit clogging my mind? Will I willingly quit putting inappropriate things in their that lead my heart astray, even if it's things I really like. In the end I guess it's a love issue. How much do I love God, enough to plunge my mind clean, or enough to talk about Him but cheating in Him behind His back. I hope to learn to love Him more!