June 28

Great leaders, famous men and brave warriors – but they were unfaithful to God. Who cares how great you are unless you remain faithful to God! The word says that they “prostituted” themselves to other gods. That is an interesting word and frankly, it is offensive to some. It connotes a depth of intimacy with other gods that should be Gods – Jehovahs – and His alone. If you are like me you are thinking of sex when you hear prostitute and that is exactly what God wants us to envision. We are supposed to have sex with the one we have pledged our lives to, but we go off and pay for it with another. To us, this would be sick in relation to marriage, and we would think that a man or woman who did that are, “sick”. It is the same thing here! This is a shocking phrase that God uses to stir our imagery to understand how debase our sin is.

When I forsake God – when I make up my mind to be unfaithful to Him and join with another for my provision, my peace, my security, my whatever – I commit adultery against the Lord. Sadly, I have done this in my life. When I was young I sought the love of a woman to bring love to my heart. Years ago I worked hard to attain my provision – thinking that I was my provider and my family’s provider. (I am confident that this was one of the reasons for my poverty). Now I am prodded by the Spirit to search and see if there is any other lover in my life besides the Lord. Just me I think, and it is not an affair. There are roots of the mentality still left that want to propel me into an affair with my own ability or inabilities, but I am confident that I am free from adultery against the Lord.

Keep me that way Jesus. I don’t want to go out on you and trust in anyone or anything but you. Help me get rid of those old roots of thinking. You and me Jesus.