I heard of a Christian man who was well into his 80s. A much younger brother asked him, “At what age does a man’s sexual desires diminish? When can I expect my sexual urges to disappear?” The older brother looked at him with a puzzled smile. “I don’t know,” he replied. “You will have to ask someone who is older than I am.”
If you are a Christian man, you cannot hope that your sexual lust is going to vanish with age. You cannot expect that it will atrophy without you doing something. To defeat lust, you must take the initiative. And that initiative is described for you in the New Testament book of Galatians:
“I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.”
Galatians 5:16
Walk. In. The. Spirit. Four simple words that promise a lifetime of freedom from falling to the lust of the flesh. Paul is not talking here simply about conquering lustful thoughts or desires. He is talking about avoiding the kind of lust that you act upon, lustful thoughts that you fulfill. The preventive for giving in to lustful desires is to change the way you walk.
Walking in the Spirit means living life in the Spirit. It means living each moment of each day with a God consciousness, conscious of His presence, His indwelling power, His holiness. Walking in the Spirit means acting in ways that please God, that obey God. It means having no idols in front of you. It means worshiping and serving God alone. When you walk in the Spirit, you walk with the Holy Spirit as your guide. He leads the way, you follow. He speaks, you listen. He warns, you obey.
When you walk alone, you go astray. You get lost. You stumble into sin. But when you walk in the Spirit, you do not fulfil the lust of the flesh. The lust of the flesh you will always have this side of heaven. But walking in the Spirit is optional. You can walk through life in your own power. Or you can walk in the Spirit.
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