Proverbs - It Isn't What is Seems

Proverbs 9:14-18

For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

           To call passengers who go right on their ways:

Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither:

and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

          Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

           But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.

Our fallen nature as women involves pulling others into the deceptions we succumb to.  Eve didn’t just eat of the forbidden fruit but “... she... gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.” Gen 3:6 This foolish woman sits and calls to people who pass by to pull them in to her clamorous lifestyle.  We must be warned and take heed that when we are anxious, murmuring or loud, that we don’t pull in our children, husbands or roommates in to the state of mind in which we are operating. 

                    The enemy of our souls is similar to this foolish woman.  Satan sits ready to call to us who are on our ways and goes after us even when we have understanding on a matter.  He will contradict what wisdom is saying and will call what is evil - pleasant and sweet.  He tries to pull is in a secretive, stolen direction.  He paints a picture of excitement and tantalizes us with the forbidden.  We must look beyond the temptation and its pleasures to the end of the road - the consequences of agreeing with our adversary.  Sure, sin is fun.  It wouldn’t be a temptation if it weren’t tempting!  But, let us be warned that, “There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.” Prov 16:25