Nothing is going to happen....until it does.
You sit there, on your computer, at your job, in the coffee shop etc pondering your life. Wondering how you got where you are or how you're going to get to where you're wanting to be. You play an online game, catch the eye of a co-worker or see a guy in while you drink your coffee. Suddenly....something has happened.
You don't set out to do it...good gracious, you're a christian! You've prayed the prayers, you've sat in church and heard the sermon, you listen to the christian station on the radio. Nothing is going to happen....you're protected. Yeah. Until it happens. The enemy doesn't search out the ones who aren't God's....they're already his. He wants you...the one who IS God's, the one who belongs to the Lord most high. The enemy has joy in you falling and he finds many, many ways to help you down the hill.
Suddenly, you're sharing emotional ties with that guy online, you're talking to that female co-worker at lunch and you've met that cute guy for coffee a few times. Still, you tell yourself nothing is going to happen. Because you're not 'that way'. Then it does. And you're stuck.
Beloved, God does not want you to be fooled. He does not want you to fall. He is protecting you....but He will allow you to make choices and decisions and He will allow you to fall into those pits. He wants you to know that He is for you....you are often against yourself.
I didn't set out to wear the letter 'A'. I wasn't that way, either. A little flirtation, a little meeting and BOOM... After it happened, I made choices that led me into a deep, very deep, pit. I, where some aren't so sure, KNEW I was in a pit. I chose it.
I was redeemed. Only by Him. My life since hasn't been peaches and cream, but OH, I've come so far. We try to encourage our girls to stay away from things that may snare them, things that may catch them and trip them up. I've realized that Godly counsel from a parent comes across as parental counsel....no matter how it's phrased. We encourage our girls to search out other counsel...maybe we're off on some things and if so, we want them to get honest and Godly counsel!
The hardest part: Knowing what's real and what isn't. When you're talking to that online guy, that female co-worker, that cute coffee guy....the words are honey, the emotions rampant and the heart is deceitful. If you have an "other", chances are they're hurting over changed behavior and struggling to understand.
When we start to defend our "Nothing is going to happen...." you can bet the enemy is listening. You can bet he's already plotting and enjoying the strife it's causing. You can bet he's gleeful over the relationship tension and the brokeness that may follow. He's wily and crafty and has domain over this earth. He's going to try and make as many fall as he can while he's around. Guard yourself by being honest: Recognize you are NOT IMPERVIOUS. You are NOT immune to the enemy. Be honest before the Lord; He will take your burden and carry you through. There is nothing He is unaware of.
I leave you with this:
"A faithful witness will not lie, But a false witness speaks lies. A scoffer seeks wisdom, and find none, But knowledge is easy to him who has understanding. Leave the presence of a fool, Or you will not discern words of knowledge. The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way, But the folly of fools is deceit. Fools mock at sin, But among the upright there is good will. The heart knows its own bitterness, And a stranger does not share its joy." Proverbs 14:5-10
Don't allow the enemy to sneak in. He is the author of lies, the prince of angst.
Nothing is going to happen...Until it does.
