I Will Not Be Mastered by Anything

"I have the right to do anything," you say—but not everything is beneficial. "I have the right to do anything"—but I will not be mastered by anything. (1 Corinthians 6:12 NIV)

Someone asked Ganns Dean, a Christian Misic Blogger, if it was alright to listen to K-Pop. He used the passage above in his answer. And I've only recently started to understand this. For most religious people, rules govern their actions. But it shouldn't be that way. You put rules in the beginning. But as the human race grows older and understands better, it has become clear that our actions should really be governed by the heart. And the rules now become relative to a person.

I'm not saying, follow your heart. No, the heart is deceitful. But listen to it and judge. A friend of mine said that whenever she looks at the billboards on Edsa, she starts to have sexual fantasies when she sees near-naked men on the ads. So whenever she passes Edsa, she does her best not to look at the billboards. I have no such compulsion when I look at the Bench billboards. But for me, some Animes consume me to the point of obsession. In my case, that's the thing I have to be careful about.

I think this same rule applies to men and relationships, too. I can get married. I can want a man. But he cannot be my world.

Lord, I lift to You my heart. I want a man, Lord. No, I want the man. The right man who would love me and who I would love. And I entrust that concern to You. But guard my heart, Lord, that I will not be overly concerned with finding him. In fact, won't You send him to me, Lord, so that I don't have to look for him? And bless this heart and these hands as I go about Your business, Lord. After all, You've given me this company to run. And You've given me the desire in my heart to change the world. May I do good work, Lord, that Your Name will be glorified.

This I pray in Jesus' Name. Amen.