I SET THE TRAP... AND FELL RIGHT INTO IT.

There are sentences which, many times, we set aside as motivational quotes. We believe they have no value and the speaker said it just to ignite emotions in the people. 

"You're not as strong as you think."

There was a time I got a book at work.

I was bored and I needed something to keep my head busy even when I had work that I hadn't attended to. 

The book was a romance crime novel. What intrigued me was the crime aspect. I have always loved crime novels. I was so interested in it, forgetting that it also has romance. 

I started each page with eagerness to flip to the next and before I knew it, I was right in the middle of the book. And the middle had a sexual scene. 

Detailed. Vivid description. No stones unturned. No omission. 

I dropped the book and for the rest of the day, my mind could process just one thing: sex.

It was like having the pictures come alive in my head. All attempts to close my eyes to block out everything didn't work. 

Why?

I set the trap. Of compromising situation.

And I fell right into it. 

Compromising situations are situations you can control but choose not to control. They're situations you are in charge of but you choose to give the control to something else. 

You allow the force to drive you. You hand over the keys to another force to drive you and when you hand over the keys to your mind to another, it becomes easy to derail.

It becomes easy for car (your body and soul) to be off track.

The last time I held a romantic novel was when I was in SS1 - more than 12 years ago. I know I wasn't supposed to touch it let alone read it but I dismissed that decision because I felt I was strong enough to handle the situation. 

How Did I Survive The Assault On My Mind?

1. I dropped the book, never to touch it again.

2. I Poured attention to my work.

3. I Cried to God for help. 

Don't put yourself in compromising situation. 

That song that has explicit sex language, the movie with detailed information of bedroom duties between A and B, the picture that illustrates everything sexually, the dance that can intoxicates your mind to the point of touching yourself etc.

You have the control. Use it. 

To your sexual purity, add watchfulness.

Be sober and watchful. 

1Thess.5.6 - Therefore let us not sleep, as others do, but let us watch and be sober.

(Totally Unleavened)