One of the tragedies of life is not only ignorance but to deliberately violate divine laws at the expense of one's life.
There's no sexual relationship before or outside marriage that doesn't
leave you without an effect but it is quite unfortunate that many only
see the pleasure and not what is at stake.
For every sexual
relationship you have before or outside marriage, you're exposing
yourself to destruction. God frowns at the defilement of the marriage
bed and it is lack of understanding to love what God hates.
Do
you know what happens for every illicit sexual activities you have when
you're not married or you do it outside your marriage?
"For by means of a whorish woman, a man is brought to a piece of bread" - Proverbs 6:26a
Something is inevitably reduced. How can a man or woman be reduced to a
piece of bread when they're alive? It shows that something that's not
physical will be reduced in their life. No man goes in to another man's
wife (whether you're a single or a married, she's not yours if you're
not married to her) and comes back the same. The same goes for the
woman.
Do you know what is reduced?
1. God's
blessing upon your life is reduced gradually to a piece of bread. God
blessed man to be fruitful, multiply, replenish the earth, subdue and
have dominion. This spiritual mystery is beyond sexual reproduction.
Evil men or women reduces people's virtues or glories through illicit
sex. In weird cases, a diabolic man's posterity increases when he has
sex with any woman. This is why you must be careful of pulling down your
skirts or trousers at every sexual advances or lust. The same goes for
young men. That sugar mummy you have is reducing something in you which
money cannot buy but compensating you with money so that it would appear
as if you're enjoying and that you're not losing anything.
The more you engage in illicit sexual affair, the more your life becomes
empty. The more His blessings upon your life becomes a curse. That you
do not feel it doesn't mean nothing is happening.
2. Your strength dissipates gradually
Premarital or extramarital sex is not just fun, it reduces your
strength. And when I talk about strength, it's not just physical but
mental and spiritual. The glory of young men (and women) is in their
strength.
Mental strength talks about your ability to think
creatively and maintain undisturbed balance and a right frame of mind
for a longer period of time over a course. One of the reasons why
ancient kings made their servants eunuch is so that they can concentrate
on the task they're assigned to without having to chase women.
Spiritually, having an unrepentant sexual and sinful life cannot enable
you to worship God the way you ought to or serve Him acceptably. It
doesn't matter if the anointing flows regardless of your sinful act;
what matters is the approval of your work.
God doesn't accept a
service that stems out from a defiled temple. It doesn't matter if the
temple is well decorated externally, what matters is the internal
condition. If you're not holy from within, external cleanliness is an
abomination before God.
3. It reduces your dignity
There's a dignity that comes with being sexually pure. There's a sense
of worth or pride that everyone has when they're celibate. But when you
begin to dissipate your sexual urge through illicit sexual activities,
you're losing it gradually till you no longer cherish it.
A
man or woman who has engaged in sex before or outside marriage can't be
proud to declare it or confidently encourage someone else to keep it.
Even if they do, their conscience would prick them.
You can
still restore whatever that has been reduced in your life if you desist
from premarital or extramarital sex. God is merciful to forgive you but
His forgiveness won't take away the consequences of your past sexual
life but He's able to give you a fresh start.
See, a whorish
woman is not just a prostitute, she's someone that compromise or
violates God's word for her own sexual desire. Men too can be a whore
(sexually promiscuous).
You can't afford to lose God's
blessings upon your life life. It's too dangerous to dispense your
mental and spiritual energies on illicit sexual activities. How old are
you that you're getting old mentally, physically and spiritually? Why
should you destroy your dignity because of those opportunities to have
sex?
You have nothing to lose if you abstain from sex till
marriage. Let no one deceive you - friends, media or some parents who
are warped up in their thinking. Renew your commitment with God and stay
clear of everything that could pose a threat to your sexual purity.
It's a great tragedy for you to become an Ichabod in the prime of your youth and to be old while you're still young in life.
© Oluwamayowa Adeniyi 2017

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