SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR
1/12/2013 5:57 AM
My Worship Time Focus: Sexual Sin Is Eventually Disappointing PT-2
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Proverbs
5:15-23
Message of the
verses: We will continue to look at
the fifth chapter of the book of Proverbs in today’s Spiritual Diary.
The experience goes
from purity to pollution (vv. 15-20):
“15 Drink water from your own cistern And fresh water from your own
well. 16 Should your springs be dispersed abroad, Streams of water in the
streets? 17 Let them be yours alone And not for strangers with you. 18 Let your
fountain be blessed, And
rejoice in the wife of your youth. 19 As a loving hind and a graceful
doe, Let her breasts satisfy you at all times; Be exhilarated always with her
love. 20 For why should you, my son, be exhilarated with an adulteress And
embrace the bosom of a foreigner?”
Solomon gives advice to his sons concerning marriage in
this section. He compares a good marriage
to a sweet stream of water, but speaks of those who desire to have sexual
relationships outside of marriage as waters that are like sewers. Drinking water from your own well is a
picture of being faithful to your wife.
As marriage begins and you continue to love each other and love the Lord
the waters will grow deeper and it is hard to stir up deep water, but easy to
stir up shallow water. I live near Lake
Erie and it is a shallow lake so storms can come up on it very fast because of
the shallowness of it. I have heard
stories from people who have been out on the lake on a sunny day and then they
turn around as see a storm coming which causes the waves to become high is a
very short time. This pictures a
marriage where the husband and the wife are not committed to each other and to
the Lord and so when trouble comes they can be more difficult because of the
shallowness of their relationship.
In verses 19 &20 we see the word “exhilarated” which
describes the way that a husband should be about his wife, the word is similar
to being intoxicated with strong drink.
With that said Dr Wiersbe writes “The adulterer watches the river turn
into a sewer, but the faithful husband sees the water become wine! I think it’s significant that Jesus turned
water into wine at a wedding feast, as though He were giving us an object
lesson concerning the growing delights of marriage (John 2:1-11).”
Their experience
goes from freedom to bondage (vv. 21-23):
“21 For the ways of a man are before the eyes of the LORD, And He
watches all his paths. 22 His own iniquities will capture the wicked, And he
will be held with the cords of his sin. 23 He will die for lack of instruction,
And in the greatness of his folly he will go astray.”
We see the phrase “the eyes of the LORD” many times in
the Scriptures and in our Wednesday evening prayer service our Pastor brought
this phrase up and we looked at some of the different times that it is found in
the Scriptures and found out that this is speaking of the omnipresence of the
Lord, the fact that the Lord is everywhere and so we are in the presence of the
Lord at all times, or we could also say that the Lord is in our presence at all
times. Sometimes, or perhaps many times
we do not act as if we are in His presence and from the looks of this section
of three short verses the person who is being talked about does not realize
that he is in the presence of the Lord.
When we look back at the first sin by a human being we
see that one of the reasons for Adam and Eve’s sin was to become free, but
instead they put themselves into bondage, for sin puts cords onto us and the
more we sin the shorter the cords become.
Let’s look at a few verses that speak to this. John 8:34, “Jesus answered them, "Truly,
truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is the slave of sin.” Romans 6:16, “Do you not know that when you
present yourselves to someone as slaves for obedience, you are slaves of the
one whom you obey, either of sin resulting in death, or of obedience resulting
in righteousness?” Proverbs 5:22 “An
evil man is held captive by his own sins; they are ropes that catch and hold
him (NLT).”
Spiritual meaning
for my life today: Solomon gave very
wise advice and counsel to his sons, advice that we all can take and put into
practice. I continue remembering the
words of the old Scottish Pastor that Dr. Wiersbe refers to in many of his
books who said “The successful Christian life is a series of new
beginnings.” When we fall we have to
dust ourselves off and get back in the saddle to continue to ride onto the path
of wisdom.
My Steps of Faith for Today: Trust in the Lord with all of my heart and
lean not upon my own understanding, in all of my ways acknowledge Him and He
shall direct my path. Continue to learn
contentment; continue to hide the Word of God in my heart so that my mind can
be transformed.
Memory verses for the week: Psalm 121:1-4
1 I will lift up my eyes to the mountains, for where
shall my help come? 2 My help comes from
the Lord who made heaven and earth. 3 He
will not allow your foot to slip; He who keeps you will not slumber. 4 Behold He who keeps Israel will neither
slumber nor sleep.
Words of Wisdom from
Turning Point: “The Bible is bread for
daily use, not cake for special occasions.”
(Author Unknown) “All Scripture
is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine for reproof, for
correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be
complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.” (2Timothy 3:16-17)
1/12/2013 7:09 AM
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