answer we can explain, to go
with the loud voice of consensus
versus the lone whisper within, and
to speed ahead with the solution
that makes sense to our minds,
our training, our background and
experience (in other words, our
“understanding”). “Don’t listen to
your self-nature,” wrote Archbishop
Fenelon. “Self-love whispers in one
ear and God whispers in the other.
The first is restless, bold, eager,
and reckless. The other is simple,
peaceful, and speaks but a few
words in a mild, gentle voice.”
does best.
But you have to make a conscious
decision: will you feed your greed
or the desires of God?
Like a hungry infant, our greed will
always take whatever it can get—
it just wants to be fed. And if we
feed it and wait five minutes, it will
either want more, or it will demand
something different to make it
happy. When our heart’s desires
are met, we are truly satisfied, and
the contentment lasts.
This is a very profound truth, but
it is also essential to ultimately
discerning what God wants you
to do: if you starve the lust of the
flesh, your heart will start yearning
to be satisfied. That yearning is
your true desire—and God’s delight.
That’s what you want to lock into
and figure out. And that’s exactly
what the Spirit wants to show you
and reward you with if you will be
patient and let Him do what He
Terry Looper
Terry is the CEO and Founder of Texon LP, a Houston
based energy company founded in 1989. Voted #1 in
Houston revenue for private companies, Texon has been
named one of the region’s “Top Work Places” by the
Houston Chronicle. Terry and Doris, his wife of 50 years,
have two married daughters and five grandchildren. With
the success of Texon, they have been able to donate 50
percent of their income to mainly Christian organizations
since 1998. Terry’s passion is to serve as a mentor to fellow
business and nonprofit leaders. Sacred Pace describes
Terry’s journey from living for himself to living in God’s
will, and offers a biblical framework for making large and
small decisions in all phases of life.
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