“Christ in you is stronger than any addiction in you. We will not be mastered.”

A thought by Craig Groeschel (2015-10-27) from his book, #Struggles: Following Jesus in a Selfie-Centered World (p. 181). Zondervan. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.)

That is so important for us to realize isn’t it?

Craig here is this book is dealing with the power of technology and of how it can be so addictive.

Craig shares, “The power of Christ in me should be stronger than anything else in my life. I will not be mastered by an addiction to food. I will not be mastered by material possessions. I will not be mastered by an addiction to looking at things that are inappropriate for me to see. I will not be mastered by what other people think of me. I will not be mastered by technology. But sometimes I am.”

Is that true of you too?

He then says, “I love technology, but I have to stay mindful to refuse to be mastered by it. Christ in me is stronger than any addiction in me. Christ in you is stronger than any addiction in you. We will not be mastered. If you’re constantly connected, and you find yourself feeling that low-grade frustration— ‘There has to be something more, there has to be something more, there has to be something more’—then I’m going to argue that God has a special rest for you in Christ. You need to know that his rest is available to your soul.”

That is so true. That is so true.

Have you found that true yet?

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