Not Everything Is Good For You.

“Not everything that tastes good, or feels good in life is good for you.” This is a clear lesson that we note from Judges 14:1-10 as we see Samson break the clear instructions that were given to him so that he would fulfill the purpose of his life and enjoy the blessings of God.  Samson was not to touch anything that was dead according to the standards God had given to him from birth (Judges 13:3-5; Numbers 6:1-21). As he “scraped” honey from the carcass of the lion he had killed Samson’s only focus was on gaining a momentary pleasure, but not everything that tastes or feels good is good for you.

So it is with “love” and sex in our society today. We can enjoy the pleasures of the moment that are not in line with God’s standards for holiness—the momentary exhilaration of a stolen glance, a flirtatious interchange, inappropriate fantasies, a ‘friend’ outside of our marital union, an occasional visit to an inappropriate location, a casual hook up, or whatever else might fall into this category—but we must realize as Samson later did that love is not where you find it. God has set boundaries for even our love life and only when we stay within these boundaries will we experience the full blessing of God in our lives.

“Delight yourself in the LORD;And He will give you the desires of your heart.”  Psalm 37:4