Flirt Or Flee

He was a handsome man. Young. A natural leader. Organized. A loyal employee.

She was older. She was the wife of the boss. She had a wandering eye and set her sights on the young employee. She did not try to hide her intentions. Far from it. Brashly she seduced him. She asked him to have sex with her. Not once. Repeatedly. Over and over again she tried to entice this young man to commit adultery with her. Her wedding vows meant nothing. Her morals were compromised.

The young man reacted in a way that brought honor to God. Rather than give in he fled. He was falsely accused of sexual misconduct, all a lie, fabricated by the rejected would be lover. She couldn't stand his rejection and determined to make him pay. It went to court and the young man got sentenced to prison for something he did not do.

Sexual sin is rampant. It is everywhere. Over lunch today, a business man told me about the numerous affairs and sexual sins that are committed in his line of work. When people are put in those compromising situations a decision has to be made. Do you give in to the desires of the flesh and animal appetites or do you flee? Do you flirt or do you run?

People flirt all the time. Sometimes it happens innocently. Sometimes it is intentional. People often flirt because they are open to a fling. Only the Bible does not call it a fling. Scripture calls it fornication or adultery. Fornication is when two unmarried people hook up and adultery occurs when one or both offenders is married.

If people followed Joseph's example when enticed by Potiphar's wife and fled, marriages could be saved, testimonies preserved and holiness not compromised. Fleeing is not natural when it comes to sexual sins. The natural thing is to follow passion wherever it leads with whomever is willing. That is not the way of God.

Don't flirt. When you become aware of the temptation to sin sexually, flee. Flee to God. Flee to accountability partners. Flee to the safety and refuge of public places instead of private getaways. God's standards do not change. Fornication and adultery are still sin in God's eyes. Flee while you still can.

1 Thessalonians 4:2-5 (ESV)
2  For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
3  For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality;
4  that each one of you know how to control his own body in holiness and honor,
5  not in the passion of lust like the Gentiles who do not know God;

Exodus 20:14 (ESV)
14  “You shall not commit adultery.