The Great Debate

Psalm 85

8 I will listen to what God the LORD will say;
he promises peace to his people, his saints—
but let them not return to folly.

I use to struggle with whether or not I could give up my sin - if God was worth letting go of some temporary pleasure. I still struggle with this sort of short-sightedness, but now I find the debate is whether I am willing to give up my peace for my sin. It would be nice to say that I feel constant unending love toward God, but the truth is that my love towards God is not unfailing. There are times when I forget for a moment how great God is, but I am not so quick to forget how wonderful the peace of God is. Living in that peace means living apart from willful sin. It is not that God takes His peace from me when I sin. No, but rather I let the confusion of sin into my mind and that truly is a "return to folly".