VIA ELEV8:
By Sharnell Blevins
This is the first article in a series about adultery.
It’s another one of those Friday days. It’s the night that the weekend begins. It’s the day that the sunshine shines in. It’s another beautiful Friday.
It’s also the day that many people begin getting in trouble. They drink too much. Party too much. Or even indulge too much. But, oh, not I! I never get myself into trouble. I am never out of order. I never indulge too much. I never commit adultery.
“YES YOU DO!” says the Lord, my God. And, of course, I asked Him, “How do you figure that Mighty One?” You see during this select conversation with the Lord, I figured He could not trump me on this one. He knew me but I also knew me too. And, there has been no other but my husband. But, guess what? He knows me so intimately that God started to reveal to me all of the ways I commit adultery and what adultery really means.
Right! You are right! And, yes I do know that adultery means voluntary sexual intercourse between a married man and someone other than his wife or between a married woman and someone other than her husband. And, I do know that intercourse means physical sexual contact between individuals that involves the genitalia of at least one person. All those definitions come from the Merriam-Webster Dictionary.
But, see God’s definitions are so different. He looks at the world quite different than you or I. He looks at the inner man. He holds us to a higher standard than we would even hold our enemies. He wants those who are called according to His name and that of His son to be on a higher plane, a different playing field.
