Deconstruction: The Bedroom – Sexual Purity Matters - Monday
Today’s Verse
1 Corinthians 6:12
You say, “I am allowed to do anything”–But not everything is good for you. And even though “I am allowed to do anything,” I must not become a slave to anything. (NLT)
Can I say it? What goes on in the bedroom of a married couple is Awesome! And all the men said, “AMEN!” Sex is good. Of course it is, God created it. It was His idea, He thought it up. He created it to be enjoyable, and to create children. It was intended to draw a couple closer to each other and closer to God. In the context of a healthy, biblical, marriage relationship, sex is a beautiful example of the intimacy that he designed us to have.
In Genesis 2, God put Adam to sleep and took a rib from his body, and created a woman. This is the only place in the creation story where he didn’t just speak something into existence. No, this time he created something from something else. Verses 23-25 say, “The Man said, ‘This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman, for she was taken out of man. That is why a man shall leave his father and mother and is united to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. Adam and his wife were naked, and they felt no shame.” There is so much we could unpack here, but let me just say that God wanted the connection between a man and a woman to be different than any other type of relationship, in all of creation. He wanted the closeness between them to be special, unique, and holy. This is the first marriage in scripture and the blueprint for God’s intention for marriage and sex.
This week we’ll be talking about sex and how, as a culture, we’ve messed things up. But more than that, how God’s grace can restore us back to a right relationship with him, and with each other. If you’ve failed in this area, as most of us have, please know there is hope for you. God loves you and wants what is best for you. Your identity is not tied up in your mistakes but in what He says about you. Keep reading this week and know I’m praying for you.
REFLECTION
Reread the scriptures for today and ask God to help you understand what it means to have a truly committed relationship with your spouse and with God. If you’ve failed, ask him to begin the process of restoration.