Pornography is thievery. You are stealing glances at women who don't belong to you. When you flip through the lingerie magazine or porn channel, you are committing grand larceny.
Don't be fooled! You are not as strong as you think. You can't stop where you want to stop. You can't play with fire and not get burned. So don't light the match. "For lust is a shameful sin, a crime that should be punished. It is a fire that burns all the way to hell" (Job 31:11-12).
Job accompanies his warning with an example: "I made a solemn pact with myself never to undress a girl with my eyes" (Job 31:1).
The Bible never says to battle sexual sin, struggle against sexual sin... no, our call is to "run away from sexual sin" (1 Cor 6:18).
Just because a woman dresses to lure, you don't have to look. Just because pictures appear, you don't have to view them. You can't keep a bird from flying over your roof, but you can screen them out of your chimney. Put the two-second rule into effect. The next time you see more than you should in a picture, on a screen, or in the window of a Victoria's Secret store, give yourself two seconds to gaze. Guard your thoughts! "God has not called us to be dirty-minded and full of lust, but to be holy and clean" (1 Thess 4:7).
You will live tomorrow the thoughts you tolerate today. Use this to your advantage! Want a stronger marriage tomorrow? Ponder the strengths of your mate today. Want to enjoy more faith tomorrow? Meditate on God's Word today. Desire a guilt-free future? Then saturate the present in grace. You are what you think. "People harvest only what they plant" (Gal 6:7). So select your seeds carefully.
By: Max Lucado
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