Scripture:
- Job 31:1-4
Observations:
Most immediately, we see Job's covenant to not look at another woman lustfully.
What we also see is some of his reasoning. We see him asking what God's response would be if he sinned, pondering the answer of calamity and destruction as punishment for the unrighteous, noting that God sees all - nothing escapes him.
Why does all of this matter? Job is already struck down. He is already as low as he can be and still, he is pleading his innocence. His friends are all haranguing him, because clearly God would not be allowing all of this to happen if Job hadn't sinned in some way, goes their reasoning. Job is pleading with God, seeking the answer to this mystery.
Something worth noting, though, is that this is an Old Testament passage alluding to what Christ taught about adultery, that even so much as lustful gazing is sin. Here we have someone protesting his innocence to the point where he is saying that not only did he never commit adultery, but he never even gave another woman so much as a lustful glance. This man lived before the ten commandments and he still had such a great understanding of God.
Application:
I want to be like Job in his resolve. I want to make a covenant with God to the same effect, though I know I struggle with that same issue and I would eventually break it, heaping condemnation upon myself.
Yet, still, I can and will make a similar covenant with God, knowing that only through God could I ever begin to fulfill such a covenant.
~ ~ ~
The Love Dare
Day 32: Love Meets Sexual Needs
"Sex is not to be used as a bargaining chip. It is not something God allows us to withhold without consequence. Though there can be abuses to this divinely designed framework, the heart of marriage is one of giving ourselves to each other to meet the other’s needs."
No comments:
Post a Comment