This young man lacked judgment in that he hung around to listen to her. He made a choice to listen to those titillating words that tickled his ego, and as “a deer stepping into a noose,” he made the mistake that so many men make, and he allowed himself to be taken by the amours of a strange woman.
This is a story that is so familiar to many of us, including me. So many of us have listened to the wrong voice. We have done it as a choice. You and I choose what we are going to listen to, as well as what we are going to look at with our eyes.
Paul the Apostle wrote “Do not conform any longer to the pattern of the world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” This means a decision must be made on your part regarding which voice you are going to listen to. You can continue to listen to that voice that drives you to sin with your body and your mind, taking you deeper and deeper into depression and anxiety, or you can choose today, right now, to listen to the voice of your conscience, which is God-given, and walk away from that voice, and give place to the Voice that gives life. Choose today who you will serve.
Simply put, in order to walk away from that voice that brings death, you must give yourself to the Word of Life, otherwise known as the Bible. That means to read it, study it, memorize it, and think about it. (Romans 12:1-2)
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