Temptation

As with any other temptation, sexual temptations are seductive and it looks a lot more beneficial before you fall in it than after. If you don’t use wisdom you will realize the whole picture of your fall only after falling. Then comes the pain, the heart wounds, the guilt, and the realization of the damages to your relationships. Only wisdom and God’s power will protect you from such trap. Temptation pushes you to make quick decisions with not enough information. Temptation wants you to make decisions based on your sensations and presumptions of pleasure ignoring all the other consequences of your actions.

Dear friend, pay close attention to this, my wisdom;

   listen very closely to the way I see it.

Then you’ll acquire a taste for good sense;

   what I tell you will keep you out of trouble.

The lips of a seductive woman are oh so sweet,

   her soft words are oh so smooth.

But it won’t be long before she’s gravel in your mouth,

   a pain in your gut, a wound in your heart.

She’s dancing down the primrose path to Death;

   she’s headed straight for Hell and taking you with her.

She hasn’t a clue about Real Life,

   about who she is or where she’s going.

(Prov.5:1-6 MSG)

Prayer: Thank God for Your wisdom and protection from temptation. Help me not to be seduced by any sin. Help me to see the consequences of my actions before I proceed. Let me be able to think before I act. Help me not to be pushed by people that don’t know where they are going. Let me develop a taste for good sense.