Matthew 5:27 – 28 “You have heard that it was said, You shall not commit adultery. 28 But I say to you that everyone who so much as looks at a woman with evil desire for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.”
The Super Bowl is over and the fall – out from the pornographic half – time show is still hitting social media. One friend commented that this was her first time to witness a strip club routine! The combination of adult women performing simulated sex acts plus young girls appearing with them did not empower women but rather encouraged exploitation and particularly exploitation of young girls, at a time when sex trafficking is at an all – time high throughout the world. Several Christian groups were trying to reach out to children who might have been trafficked specifically to meet the “needs” of those attending the Super Bowl.
One of the most ridiculous aspects of the entire situation is that those planning this entertainment apparently felt that they were being cutting edge, new, and bold. King Solomon lamented in Ecclesiastes that there was nothing new under the sun, and this was no exception. When the Israelites were leaving Egypt, God warned them not to have anything to do with cult prostitutes. Now whether or not there was pole dancing is unclear, but there were definitely scantily clad young ladies at the high places where pagan worship took place. That half – time show was as old as Sodom and Gomorrah.
“But,” you ask, “what’s wrong with watching simulated sex acts? I’m not actually DOING anything.” Oh? You aren’t? Proverbs 23:7 says, “As a man thinks in his heart, so is he.” We first practice in our hearts and our minds what we will later act upon. Sigmund Freud recognized this fact and stated that, “The thought is father to the deed.” Long before Freud, Jesus knew this well. It’s possible that as Jesus was teaching, one of the local prostitutes might have walked by out of defiance, just to see if she could distract and disrupt the crowd. Jesus always took advantage of any local event to turn it into a teaching moment.
We must guard our hearts! Proverbs 4:23 states “Above all else, guard your heart! For everything you do flows from it.” And if we are caring parents, we must also guard our children’s hearts. If your children see you approving of something, they will assume that it’s OK for them as well. Do you want your daughter to dress like the women who appeared on the half time show? Do you want your son or daughter to become a street walker or to be sexually trafficked? Today children of both sexes are being abducted and forced to star in kiddie porn movies or to work as prostitutes. If we do not guard our hearts, our children will watch us and copy us. At the end, that heart you failed to guard may be broken as your child acts out what was playing in your mind.
PRAYER: Father, today we confess that we have allowed terrible things to invade our hearts. We have entertained ourselves with filth. Forgive us, Lord! Clean up our dirty hearts! And please, Father, save our children from the consequences of our wrong actions. In the mighty Name of Jesus. Amen.
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