Why should I not eat when it tastes soooo good?

☛ Probing Proverbs 7:18-20 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. He has taken a wallet full of money with him and won’t return until                                                            later this month.” ☚ 

I think it's very important that we take a real hard look at this passage and deal with it from a realistic point of view. I have found that too much of the teaching about why we should not sin in the church takes shortcuts that leave the individual with truths that don't add up. We should not fear to be honest about the pleasures of sin. In our effort to encourage believers to stay away from sin we focus on how terrible and destructive it is, which is the reality. However we fail to make it clear it should be understood that the first taste of sin will be very sweet. When you teach people that the whole apple is rotten, and then they take a bite and it tastes like one of the best apples they have ever had, they will doubt your honesty. I'm not advocating that we wallow in the pleasure of sin, for that will lead people to give in and experience it. 

What I am saying is we need to help individuals understand the calculated and measured approach that sin makes on our senses. By doing this we better equip the child of God to comprehend what they are feeling and to better process those feelings through the funnel of reality which must include outcome and consequences of the sin. This passage really describes three of the most appealing aspects that sin presents to us. Let's look at each one: First - “drink our fill of love” - nothing is more attractive to human beings than the idea of being totally wanted and needed. What young man or woman would not want a sense of deep intimacy with an attractive member of the opposite sex? Second - “let's enjoy each other's caresses” - there is not anything stronger than the desire of sexual human touch and the enjoyment and excitement that brings. Third - the fact that her husband is far away and will not be back for long time. All of us, whether we want to admit it or not, desire to not have to deal with any kind of consequences that are negative, so the thought of being able to not worry about them at this time is quite attractive. Right or wrong these three aspects of sin’s approach makes it quite desirable. Once we have a clear understanding of why we are so attracted to the sin that is beckoning to us, we can choose to bring the light of reality on this approach which will expose the empty promises that sin gives. 

First, there is no love that is going to take place between this young man and this woman. Love is a commitment that offers you to give yourself to the other person and bring them intimacy. This woman is offering not love, but lust. There will be no giving, only taking and using each other. This is why no matter how good the sex is; the one-night stands leave the soul and the heart empty. Second, the enjoyment of sexual caressing his truly realized when the conscience is clear and true caring for the other person is present. I'm sure the caressing in this act will be “hot”, yet filled with selfishness, a guilty conscience, and the only one desire is that each individual desires, is to have their desires fulfilled; it is not about their companion, is about them! It is amazing how sexual caressing at the moment can feel so good…to only fade into a feeling of dirtiness, domination, ego feed and of being used. Lastly, even consequences delayed do not remove the reality that they must be paid. At the moment it may seem great to know that you will not answer for what you're doing right then, but when soberness returns, the crushing weight that the fear of judgment brings will begin and stay on you and even grow. Many times the waiting for consequences can be a greater payment than the consequences themselves. 

Slow your life down; don't rush in to sin. Take an honest look at what sin is offering; get beyond the surface excitement and titillation. The Holy Spirit can help you see that sin in reality, and in the perspective of eternity, the fleeting moments of pleasure that sin offers will never equal the consequences that can last a lifetime. On the other hand the fleeting moments of suffering that your flesh feels when you say no to sin will never equal the consequences of inner joy, peace and intimacy that the Lord will bring your way as He honors your obedience.