So I came out to meet you; I looked for you and have found you! -Proverbs 7:15
The seductress makes you feel so special. She uses the word “you” three times in one sentence. I feel a little uncomfortable any time someone tries to make me think I’m special. When you are on a business trip and a woman takes a “special interest” in you and what you do, my advice is to run for the hills!
None of us are that “special.” You have a life. You may be married and have kids. You don’t need a strange woman telling you how special you are. She will make you “feel” that you’re special, smart, handsome and appreciated. Remember if a woman who is not your wife (or fiancée) is trying to convince you that you’re special, then you are being warmed up to be fried, no matter who she is.
Here, again if you are married and if praise is a weakness of your spouse then practice praising each other daily. In my book, I discuss the pitch of praise to really minister to each other daily words of praise.
I have covered my bed with colored linens from Egypt. I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes and cinnamon. Come, let’s drink deep of love till morning; let’s enjoy ourselves with love! -Proverbs 7:16-18
Now, apparently, you are so “special,” that this woman is also going to provide you with a sexual encounter like you have never had before. She definitely is playing on your fantasy of “the special interlude.” Just look at the sell: special sheets and special incense or aromas.
She is going to sell you the illusion that forbidden fruit is better. Different maybe, but is it better? No way! The price you pay for that encounter--the rest of your life will become a living hell. But I’m getting ahead of myself.
This verse is so important to understand: “Come, let’s drink deep of love till morning; let’s enjoy ourselves with love!” The seductress believes that sex is love. But she is not offering you love – just a one-night stand. Love involves lifelong commitment and monogamy. It means working out differences and serving each other for a lifetime, till death do you part. Love is not a quick jump in the sack.
If any woman tries to sell you on sex outside of marriage, no matter who she is or how much of a “Christian” she seems to be, run from her. She is a seductress. Nothing good can happen here.
I know it’s hard to believe that there are women in the church, work, neighborhood, or the gym who are seductresses, but it is true. So, stay alert! To stay sexually successful for your entire life you must stay on guard against the seductress.