Pornography, I have seen it, even actively watched it. Hoping to learn something new. I never really saw the harm in it. The problem came when I became a Christian. I couldn’t view the nameless people as just actors making money. They were and are God’s creation. When I stopped separating people, playing God judging who was good and who was bad. I looked at all people as God’s creation. My views changed. How could I watch and not be affected?
Proverbs Chapter 7 paints a vivid picture of seduction. What use to shock us now is normal. I am not even shocked by the portrayal of sex or our bodies in society. Morality is being slaughtered. We are being led by the world standards ensnarled in a trap.
Proverbs 7:22 “ He follows her impulsively like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer bounding toward a trap.”
I know porn brought out so many insecurities in me. I wasn’t a Christian and didn’t know whom I belonged to. I learned new moves to try through porn, but the newness faded fast. I always needed to learn and stay ahead to be enough. I was never enough. I chased the worldviews instead of being grounded in God’s love.
1 John 2:15
“Do not love the world or the things in the world, the love of the Father is not in him.”
How could I or can I stay in the world and say I love God?
I even justified that I never spent money on pornography, so I wasn’t really helping the industry. I was helping build a platform for the industry. If you are reading this blog, you are helping me build a platform to eventually market.
When we follow what the world says is right we often miss the mark. God never intended for sex to be dirty, violent, and degrading.
Our emotions and sometimes fulfillment are so deceiving.
Jeremiah 17:9
“ The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?”
What to do when are emotions and the world say one thing and the bible says another?
This is what I love about God; he is a healer when invited. I am not done by any means being a hot wonderful mess that God created, but I am less of a mess each day. God gives us a wonderful teacher in the Holy Spirit that gently corrects and moves us forward. God never shames, he always loves bringing us closer to him through teaching and conviction. I just love God and his grace. We also allowed asking through prayer to go boldly to the throne for our needs.
I need healing.
I need a sound mind.
I need wisdom.
I need to know when my heart is deceitful.
Prayer for today:
Please God give me wisdom, clear my mind, and allow me to see others as you see them. I want to love like you. In Jesus name, Amen.
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