Michael Knowles

The book of Genesis tells us that the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth.

So there is a brokenness to our heart.

That is to say, there's a brokenness to our desires.

God makes us good, but then we bring sin into the world.

We bring brokenness into the world because of our first sin.

And so it doesn't mean that now everything's totally irreparably ruined.

It just means things are a little bit off.

It means that sometimes our heart is not in the right place.

Chesterton made this point about his socialist atheist friend, George Bernard Shaw.

He said, George Bernard Shaw,

is a man of a great heart.

He has a great big heart, but his heart is not in the right place.

So yes, you don't want to totally oppose your desires.

You wanna sublimate your desires.

You wanna make sure that your desires are pointed in the right direction.

You wanna make sure that your heart is in the right place.

To do that, you have to train yourself.

You have to avail yourself of God's grace.

You have to train yourself.

You have to grow in sanctity.