Eyes Eyes Ears Ears | Trust God’s Way

My son, pay attention to my wisdom, turn your ear to my words of insight, ² that you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge. ³ For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil…

There is a push in this world for you to believe that sex is the highest level of fulfillment

…⁴ but in the end she is bitter as gall, sharp as a double-edged sword. ⁵ Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to the grave. ⁶ She gives no thought to the way of life; her paths wander aimlessly, but she does not know it. ⁷ Now then, my sons, listen to me; do not turn aside from what I say. ⁸ Keep to a path far from her, do not go near the door of her house, ⁹ lest you lose your honor to others and your dignity to one who is cruel, ¹⁰ lest strangers feast on your wealth and your toil enrich the house of another. ¹¹ At the end of your life you will groan, when your flesh and body are spent. ¹² You will say, “How I hated discipline! How my heart spurned correction! ¹³ I would not obey my teachers or turn my ear to my instructors. ¹⁴ And I was soon in serious trouble in the assembly of God’s people.” Proverbs 5:4-14 (NIV)

Wisdom warns that sex outside of God’s way leads to ruin

¹⁵ Drink water from your own cistern, running water from your own well. ¹⁶ Should your springs overflow in the streets, your streams of water in the public squares?¹⁷ Let them be yours alone,

never to be shared with strangers. ¹⁸ May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth.  Proverbs 5:15-18 (NIV)

Faithfulness in a God honoring marriage makes romance most fulfilling

²¹ For your ways are in full view of the Lord, and he examines all your paths. ²² The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare them; the cords of their sins hold them fast. ²³ For lack of discipline they will die, led astray by their own great folly. Proverbs 5:21-23 (NIV)

Will you trust that God’s way is the best way to live?