Chapter 7 continues the theme of overcoming temptation. The Message Bible states plainly, "Do what I say and you'll live well. My teaching is as precious as your eyesight--guard it!" Sight is a precious gift, but how many people walk around spiritually blind to the truth of God's Word? God gives us directives to live by so that we may live a life worth living, yet the world tells us life is better without rules. Ask the teenage mom who's had her dreams crushed by unwed pregnancy if life without rules is best. Ask the promising young athlete who's future hopes of becoming a star has been dashed by a night of drunken pleasure culminating in a career ending automobile accident if it was worth the moment of "freedom."
Verse 20 is a prominent portrayal of what the deceiver tries to get us to believe. "My husband's not home, he's away on business, and he won't be back for a month." This reminds me of a passage of scripture I spoke about last Wednesday in our youth gathering. II Peter 3:3,4 says of our final days on earth, "...In the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following there own evil desires. They will say, 'Where is the 'coming' he promised?...Everything goes on as it has since the beginning..." We're persuaded to believe there is no harm in "sin for a season." We can always ask for forgiveness later. Besides, you're young, you can get serious about life when you get older. But, before we know it, we're ensnared in sin's grasp and what we thought was freedom really becomes imprisonment.
May you have eyes to see the truth, as well as, the wisdom and insight to flee from the path of destructive behavior.
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