James V
What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you? (James 4:1 ESV)
War
Jesus summarized the Law of God in this way… Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength… and also love your neighbor as yourself.
This kind of law-keeping can not be done half-heartedly. It can not be done unenthusiastically. It can not be done casually.
In fact, it can only be done passionately.
Sometimes our two cats end up under a blanket on our laps, at the same time. When they were younger it never went well. I still have scars, I think. Those two cats passionately opposed each other. They were at war. Lately, they are a lot less passionate. So they can survive (and our laps can survive) their encounters.
When our passion for the Lord is passionate, and it is placed under the blanket on our lap with something that is NOT God-aimed, there WILL be conflict. There WILL be a fight. There WILL be a war.
Because two passionate things in our hearts can not co-exist.
So the answer is to either not be passionate about God (which He calls in John’s Revelation being luke-warm, and casts such folk away from Him), or not be passionate about NON-Godly things.
This is true, by the way, in our hearts, in our relationships, in politics, in international affairs, and in all conflict.
The solution is not to fight louder… the solution is to be passionate only about one thing. God.