Enjoyment or Addiction?

Enjoyment or Addiction?

Bible: 1 Corinthians 6:12-20

Reading

“I have the right to do anything,” you say . . . but I will not be mastered by
anything (V.12).

How many hours a week do you spend on your phone? How many of those hours are just all about Instagram? And when does enjoyment of these things become addiction? When does it become too many hours? I guess good and bad aren’t really measured in hours anyway. It’s not about how long we spend on our phones, but why we spend so much time on them. One guy recently explained: “When we keep doing something even though it’s bad for us, it generally shows we’re addicted.” Is there anything in your life that meets that description? Does your Instagram account only bring you sadness as you compare yourself with others? Yet you just can’t help but keep going back to it . . .
Paul warned about excusing what we do (especially if it’s bad for us) as just enjoyment, saying, “ ‘I have the right to do anything,’ you say . . . but I will not be mastered by anything” (1 CORINTHIANS 6:12). His words can guide us as we look at the grey areas in our lives, like our phones. Using our phones is absolutely fine. But being “mastered” or controlled by them is not. It takes humility to admit that our enjoyment of anything has become an addiction. But if you realise there’s something in your life that’s taking over, talk to God about it—and share it with someone in your church. Don’t just let it get worse; now is the time to act.

JESUS CAN SET US FREE FROM ANYTHING
THAT’S GOT US TRAPPED.

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