Lady Aethelwyne wrote:Driving to work, I thought about the 10 commandments and how so many of them are driven by wants. ... "I believe that WANT, otherwise known as Greed, is the sin that drives all other sins. I want a nice home and car- Covet. I want your husband- Adultery. I want to get out of trouble- Lie. I want to be my own boss and have power and glory- Other Gods. I want what I can't afford- Steal. The seven sins- Lust, Sloth, Gluttony, Pride, Envy, even Wrath, are all brought about by Greed for something. Food, sleep, sex, power."
I don't think "want" is a bad thing. It's human. If you don't want/desire something, are you even alive? We're designed to want! To be obsessed with something! The problem is, our sinful nature wants everything wrong. When we convert to Jesus, we suddenly want and are obsessed with HIM. "Blessed are those who HUNGER and THIRST for righteousness, for they shall be filled" [Matthew 5:6]. The key is desperation. But we must be desperate for, obsessed with, want, and desire [it's all the same ] God and God alone! Sin is wanting everything else BUT God.
So how does this apply to VDT? Reepicheep wants ONE thing: to see Aslan's Country. I think his desire is righteous. But what about the others' wants? Edmund, Lucy, Eustace, King Caspian, the crew of the Dawn Treader?
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