Thoughts that Monopolize

As the intensity of a thought monopolizes your attention, self-control increasingly becomes difficult. If the desire to possess an object intensifies, it has power to prevent you from regulating your thoughts, feelings and behaviors. The capacity to think logically is in danger of collapsing as desire builds up.

An example of lust’s disarming self-control is David’s lust for Bathsheba. Instead of directing his mind to godly pursuits, he continued to bathe his thoughts in sexual fantasies. David knew it was wrong to enjoy these thoughts, for they would lead to the destruction of inner peace.

St. Augustine’s book Confessions exposes his battle with lust. "My will was wicked, and lust grew from it. When I gave in to lust, a habit was born and held me captive.” God gives you power to resist Satan and the temptations he hurls at you. "Greater is he that is in you than he who is in the world." Let this be your faith and confidence for deliverance. 

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Do not love the world or the things that are belong to the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in him. For everything that belongs to the world – the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of one’s lifestyle – is not from the Father, but is from the world. And the world with its lust is passing away; but those who do the will of God live forever.

~1 John 2:15-17 Holman Christian Standard Bible