[The Glory Unveiled]
“So keep yourself sexually pure from the promiscuous, wayward woman. Don’t waste the strength of your anointing on those who ruin kings— you’ll live to regret it!” [ Proverbs 31:3 TPT ]
The world around us has in it, so many distractions and forces that aim for our souls. Most of them look innocent and unsuspecting, but they are death in disguise. Interestingly, paying attention to advice and listening to wisdom speak, is all that is needed to escape the world’s lofty traps. Unfortunately, it seems that we are in a generation that does not heed advice. And as regret becomes the clothing of those who refuse to heed advice, many are regretting their past actions everyday. Today’s text is an advice given by the mother of Solomon [referred to as Lemuel, a name believed to be a Pseudonym for king Solomon according to Jewish legend]. The same advice is suited for every young person today, and hence the reason for our study. The strength of the young person’s anointing is wasted by sexual promiscuities. Sexual immorality is a bed of grave that has swallowed many innocent young people who slept in her arms. The promiscuous woman is referred to as “those who ruin kings” because many a king were destroyed by the promiscuous woman—sexual immorality. Even in secular history, there are countless number of people whose destinies are altered or even destroyed, because of sexual promiscuity. Solomon’s mother advised him to stay away from sexual promiscuities, but in the end Solomon married many women including wayward promiscuous ones who eventually led him astray and wasted the strength of his anointing. We are royalty too—we are a royal priesthood—and if we don’t heed the same advice given to the then young would-be king, we may end up with regrets like he did. But if you are already regretting, may God extend His mercy and help to you.
Prayer_Bead: Holy God, thank you for the opportunity to hear your advice through your word. Please help me to stay away from sexual immorality in every form.
Wisdom_Quote: Regret becomes the clothing of the man who refused to heed advice.
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