Sexting Temptation VictorySample

VICTORY OVER TECHNO-SEX TEMPTATION: STEP TWO

Here is another biblical step one can employ to overcome the sexting temptation:

2. ADORE GOD’S HOLY CHARACTER

I believe Prophet Isaiah’s pet sin had to do with his mouth – he was a man of unclean lips (Isa. 6:5). His concern was this: how could he use the same mouth that was perhaps used for profanity, for prophecy? He called a ‘woe’ on himself (Isa. 6:5). In other words, he repented. He received a ‘hot tong touch’ and a complete cleansing from Yahweh (Isa. 6:6-7). Thereafter God used him, mightily in the ministry. His strong messages called people who abused their mouths to repentance. Sample this: “Your lips have spoken falsehood, Your tongue mutters wickedness” (Isa. 59:3, NASB). How was Isaiah able to take a U-turn from his “unclean lips sin”? I would say that he consistently adored the holiness of God! His favorite name for God is “Holy One of Israel”. John N. Oswalt, an Old Testament Scholar who spent over thirty years of his life studying and writing about the book of Isaiah noted that the term, “Holy One” occurs in the book of Isaiah thirty five times (Holy One of Israel: Studies in the Book of Isaiah, p. 4). Some of those references are in Isaiah 1:4, 5:19, 12:6, 30:11-12, 48:17 and 60:14. This tells me that this name for God drove Isaiah’s life and ministry. His philosophy was simple: “I worship a holy God and therefore I live holy and present him to others as holy!” His constant adoration of God’s holiness resulted in a daily application of holiness in his life! This is so because, as the Scripture teaches elsewhere, we become what we worship (Psa. 115:8 - “Those who make them (idols) are like them; So is everyone who trusts in them”). 

If Isaiah could overcome his ‘unclean lips’ problem, we too can overcome the ‘unclean texting’ problem! The source of both is an unclean heart. Like Isaiah, may I invite you to spend time in adoring the holiness of God day-in and day-out? And before you know it, the pull of the sexting temptation won’t be powerful as before!