Posted on 01/31/2020 6:20:48 AM PST by Pilgrim's Progress
“What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son of my vows? Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings” (Proverbs 31:2-3).
Some men live just for women. the Bible calls that kind of a man a whoremonger. Just always looking women up and down, always thinking bad things about women, and she said, “Don't get caught up in that kind of a sin.” Some people think, “Well, that's not too bad, you know, as long as you're not doing anything.” The Lord Jesus Christ said this about it: “But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart” (Matthew 5:28).
You don't have to perform the act to be guilty of adultery. If a man looks on a woman to lust after her, and wants that woman for himself, he has committed adultery. But ladies, it says “with her.” Did you see that? “With her.” If she has drawn the lust, if she has solicited the lust, either by the way she is dressed or the way she is acting; she is just as guilty as he is.
The Bible says that men look on the outward appearance, we don't see the wrong in it, but God looks at the heart. She said to her son, “Give not thy strength unto women.” It's good for a man to love his wife. It's good for a man to sacrifice for his wife. It is far better for a man to give his life for God, and have a good wife, and love his wife; but that man is not to use his whole life just for a woman.
“Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings,” there have been a lot of kings that have been destroyed with wicked living. Alexander the Great conquered all the world by the time he was 33 years old, and there were no more kingdoms to conquer, but he died of a venereal disease. Just wicked living. 33 years old in the prime of manhood, he conquered everything. The whole world lay at his feet. All the power and wealth of Asia and Europe was his to do whatever he wanted, and all he could do was just find time to drink, and sin, and sin, and sin. Sin killed him.
Lemuel’s mother said, “Don't fool with things that destroy kings.”
Daily Bible study is necessary if we are going to begin our day with the right attitude and the right spiritual diet. Proverbs has 31 chapters, and most months have 31 days, so let’s read a chapter of Proverbs a day and see what God might have for us. As the Lord leads, share with us what God has shown you in a special way and by His grace let us build up a devotional repository. Let’s keep our knives and forks handy for some daily bread! Ideally, a chapter or two of Proverbs will fit in nicely with a good plan of reading our Bibles through each year.
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