STAYING AWAY FROM ALL SEXUAL SIN

The book of Proverbs, which is in the Bible, is a book of great wisdom.  Several chapters of the book give warnings about sexual immorality and the trouble we are lured into when we allow ourselves to be drawn into sexual activity outside of the lifetime commitment of marriage. 

Come, let’s drink our fill of love until morning.  Let’s enjoy each other’s caresses, for my husband is not home. He’s away on a long trip …  Don’t let your hearts stray away toward her. Don’t wander down her wayward path. For she has been the ruin of many; many men have been her victims. Her house is the road to the grave.  Her bedroom is the den of death. (Proverbs 7:18-19, 25-27 NLT)

Jesus was clear on the issue of sexual immorality when He taught that long before we climb into bed with someone, we have allowed our minds and hearts to lust after that person and therefore committed sin in our hearts.

But I say, anyone who even looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart.  (Matthew 5:28 NLT)

We live in a culture that holds a vastly different standard from the principles God has established. As we go forward in our life with God in recovery, we have a choice to make. Even though it may seem like a huge sacrifice to pay, we are required to exhibit self-control in all sexual contact until after marriage. God knows what He is talking about and what is best for each person.  The God who loves to bless His children and fill their lives with good things says to wait until after marriage for the intimate giving of one’s self to another.  Whose voice will we obey, the voice of lust that leads to ruin or the voice of God that leads to honour?

God’s will is for you to be holy, so stay away from all sexual sin. Then each of you will control his own body and live in holiness and honor— not in lustful passion like the pagans who do not know God and his ways.  (1 Thessalonians 4:3-5 NLT)

Prayer:  Loving God, You have the words of truth and life that will give us freedom as we follow Your will and Your ways.  Help me to honour You with my body and make any necessary adjustments, so that I may live in sexual purity before You.  Amen