How does God talk to us?


Here, wisdom takes the immoral woman’s “seductive
words,”
and enlightens your understanding, whereas, the enemy and your flesh tries to
convince you that you are being flattered! “Promiscuous” is defined as “sexually indiscriminate”.
Wisdom opens your eyes to the fact that
this woman has no respect for her word; she will leave you for someone else as
soon as she loses interest in you, just like she left her husband for you. Meanwhile
you have fallen into sin and damaged your relationship with God, and if
married, with your spouse. Also interesting is the description of this woman.
She abandoned her husband, and she has broken the covenant she made with God
when she entered into marriage. So many today fail to take that truth into
account when ending their marriage. Marriage is not just between 2 humans
beings, this is a covenant that includes God.

It is also important that we not believe this passage is ONLY
about an immoral woman. That is the subject, but there are key principles
included in the specific teaching. Yes – though this woman seems appealing, if you
try to play with her, you will pay a heavy price. But that truth extends to any
sin, doesn’t it? It does not have to be sex, it can be the desire for
money, or fame, or position. The principle Wisdom is communicating is –
Stay far away!
Don’t even enter the thought of it. The road this desire is on will
lead you away from life! Sin is so appealing, that’s why we struggle so,
but if we choose to count the cost first, and not be enticed by our emotions,
we will choose to stay far away. It is far easier to resist the curiosity of
the taste, than it is to have tasted a little and then try to stop. Ask any
addict! I know that I wish with all my heart I had left pornography as only a
curiosity, instead of experiencing the taste of this sin. I am free now, and
that is because of the Lord’s love for me, but I work with countless
men, and some women, that are still slaves to this. They would agree, like
anyone that is addicted to drugs, power, material things, whatever, it would
have been far easier to deal only with the unknown, than to have experienced
that sin.


The so what? How far
away do you stay from sin? Do you know when you are letting your standards
slip? Have you really thought about what you desire your life to count for, or
do you just follow your emotions? What are you doing to guard your heart? Do
you meditate on God’s Wisdom?