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The topic
for today is adultery. David gives sage
advice to his aspiring son. Don’t get me
wrong. David was a man who had a few
issues with adultery. In fact, Solomon
was born of an adulterous find in his marriage to another woman. While David is giving great advice here, it
is of the “Do as I say, not as I do” variety.
What I love
about David’s advice is that he focuses Solomon upon the idea that he should be
content at home. Marriage is a wonderful
opportunity for two people to go through life together. It is a great time to support one another, to
have a confidant, and to have someone who knows you more intimately than anyone
else. It is a deep moment of trust,
love, companionship, security, and friendship.
All of this
is lost when we are willing to trade the things that really matter for other
things. When we long after our human lusts
more than the wonderful aspects of marriage, we lose the truly meaningful
things in marriage. We trade things that
truly matter for a few moments of passion that cannot sustain us. As David says, the moments of passion are
like sweet honey. But the effects of
such a moment are a pathway to death.
While this
makes sense, it has a spiritual connection.
Remember that God considers us His bride. Therefore, it should make sense to us why it
is so dangerous for us to pursue other things in life besides God. When we seek after other gods in our life, we
break the trust, love, companionship, security, and friendship that we have
with God. Just like we would be wise to
avoid adultery in our marriage, we would be equally wise to avoid spiritual
adultery as well.
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