Among all unregenerate mankind there is a desire burning within – desiring to be quenched or satisfied. As we've stated earlier, God's innate desire is as a giver, a lover, a self-for-others. Man was created "upright" (Eccl 7:29), having that same innate desire, that is before Adam's fall. Then Adam's self-being became transmuted into a self-for self, a self-getter, and a manipulating taker, a trait we see in all men today, from their birth. By Adam's fall in the garden, mankind became a twisted self.

Where will we go and what will we say, or do?

These are choices that believers face and must make daily in a myriad of situations and circumstances. We must choose in regard to our relationship with others, then what to buy, what we say, where we will go, will we extend ourselves to certain others, will we be restrained and turn away from certain situations? All these are to be governed by the Lord in the life of the Christian. The Greek word translated "Lord" actually means "owner" or "governor."