Future Blind

As usual, tonight my wife picked the movie I would watch while she would fall asleep. 90% of the movie was about a guy cheating on his wife. The last two minutes were about him asking for forgiveness. Horrible chick flick. Horrible movie. Next time we're watching a war movie to make up for it.

Anyway, I couldn't help but still be thinking about the awkward relational moments of the movie as I was reading, and I just happened to be reading about prostitutes...

Proverbs 7 uses the example of a boy walking down the road when a prostitute comes out of her house and tells him everything he wanted to hear to make the decision to join her in bed. There's brownies and ice cream, the highest quality sheets, the room smells like a mountain stream, and there's enough alcohol to drink away every barrier of temptation. Her husband is out of the house for a while, so the boy has everything available to him that is meant for the husband.

First, I think he's referred to as a boy because that's the age stupid decisions make us look. It may be that the character in the story really was a young man or boy, but I believe a lack of discernment can lead a full grown man to make the same dumb decisions. We've all witnessed it.

Second thing... temporary. Temporary. Temporary. Temporary. What benefit will he receive - a temporary one. What feeling will he go away with - a temporary one. The devil likes to tempt us with temporary satisfaction - it's nothing compared to what we're working toward eternally.

Lastly, the verses after the story say this, "All at once he followed her like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer stepping into a noose till an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare, little knowing it will cost him his life."

Satisfaction appears to be very fulfilling sometimes. The decision to give in is made so quickly based on feeling... you rarely think about the consequences.

This dude in the movie was away from his wife too long so when temptation stepped up in front of him, he was too far removed to consider the consequences and only saw the temporary satisfaction that was right in front of him. He didn't think about the woman that he loved and how it may effect her. He didn't think about the children he had at home and how it would affect them. It was a temporary selfish gain that negatively impacted their entire future.

Don't let future-blindness lead you into the slaughter.