Are you an adulterer?

I can see how Tiger's wife would divorce him after all of his adulteries.  I can see how Tiger would use Performance Enhancing Drugs (PEDs) to give him an edge on the competition.  (Note: I'm not saying I condone it.  I'm saying how I can see how it would come to that.)

An argument was built on ESPN's 1st and 10, where two sports columnists discuss/argue different topics in sports.  An argument was brought up, which would ruin Tiger's reputation more, getting divorced or using PEDs?

An argument was made that using PEDs is worse for his reputation that a divorce.  Such a debate just goes to show you that divorce is not a rare thing in our culture.  In a Huffington Post article from Dec. 2008, they mentioned that marriages in the celebrity world were lasting longer than ever.  The divorces of 2008 ranged from the marriages lasting 4 months to 24 years.  They were greatly impressed with those lasting 24 years because the median divorce rate for the country is 7.8 years.

When watching the news on Tiger and his multiple adulteries with other women and now his wife wanting to divorce him, I can't help but to think about Hosea.  Remember, God told Hosea to marry Gomar (a prostitute) and he told Hosea that she would be unfaithful to him.  It was a picture of how Israel was unfaithful to God by seeking love/pleasure/happiness outside of God.

Today, the church is called the "Bride of Christ".  Do we act like one who is in a marriage relationship to our Lord and Savior?  How do we view our marriage to Christ?

I want you to think about how often you betray Christ with your thoughts or actions of desiring to find love/pleasure/happiness outside of Him.  Where might you search for it?  Video games, movies, internet, earthly relationship?  While these are not always evil and can make you happy for a time, they can become sinful and adulteress when we seek pleasure in them instead of in Christ.  Think about that.  Trying to find true happiness in a friendship, dating relationship, and even in marriage can be adulteress.

Believe me when I say, you can be happy and be loved even if you have no friends on this earth, never date, and never get married.  The Ultimate Love and Happiness can only be found in Christ.

Here's my challenge.  Where do you seek love/pleasure/happiness?  If it's in your pursuit of people or stuff, you are an adulterer...and you will never be satisfied.  If it's in your pursuit of Christ, you are a righteous person...and your joy will be made full.