The Strange Behavior of Lust

“Hell has a voracious appetite, and lust just never quits.” (Proverbs 27:20, The Message) 

Solomon, who had 700 wives and 300 concubines, would be intimately familiar with the strange behavior of lust.  With almost anything else, the way to conquer it is to make it freely available in vast quantities.  Addicted to chocolate?  Fill up your cupboard with as much of any type of chocolate that you want and pretty soon you won't be eating any.  You'll be sick of it.  Love soda?  Bring in case after case and make it freely available and pretty soon you'll prefer water over soda.

Lust is different.  Lust is insatiable, or as The Message paraphrases: Lust just never quits.  It morphs into something deeper and uglier.  It is true that lust adheres to the Law of Diminishing Reward, which says that the more you get of something, the less satisfying it is.  Lust doesn't go away when it gets diminishing rewards, it just demands more and uglier, more pornography and more disgusting perversion, and pretty soon one is a slave to perversion.  This is when one discovers, along with Solomon, that Hell has a voracious appetite, and lust just never quits.

This is also why it is in your best interest to battle sin and lust and never give in.