March 2

Today is accountability day. Send me an email with your status.

The bulk of the verses come from Leviticus 18 and 20

Sexual Boundaries

Leviticus 18:24 Do not defile yourselves in any of these ways, because this is how the nations that I am going to drive out before you became defiled.

Things have changed a lot in my lifetime. In my high school days the TV regulators did not allow you to show the belly button of “I Dream of Jeannie.” The revealing of a women’s belly button was considered indecent. Over the next 40 years all of the sexual boundary fences have been knocked down and labeled as out of date. It is now impossible to even make people blush anymore. We have labeled ourselves free, but I wonder if what we have today is bondage? Is it possible for us to remain faithful to one person for a lifetime?
God is very precise on the sexual boundaries. He does not hesitate or mince words on the topic. He is so precise that our reading today ends with God’s clear command not to cross dress. How about that for a current topic?
Now why is God so down on our sexual freedom in the year 2009? It is because he loves us. God’s plan is for one man and one woman to be committed to each other and enjoy a lifetime of sexuality within the boundaries. He is not down on sex, he invented it!!! He just wants to protect it.
There couldn’t be more of a contrast between God’s view of sex and the worlds. The world says it is just an act… just like drinking water... God says it is a covenant. From God’s perspective sex must be connected to a promise. Without the promise it is just lust. With the promise it is love. One is for a night the other is for a lifetime.
Inside all of us we are longing for a lifetime of love. When we follow God’s boundaries we will discover it.

Lord, protect all of us from the lies of the world. We trust in your wisdom and your plan.