Worth the Wait
Worth the Wait
The body is not for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. (1 Cor. 6:13)
Honor the Bond
Our secular culture has cheap substitutes for marriage and flippant disregard for the value of sexual purity. God, however, desires that we hold this foundational relationship in the same high esteem that He does. As single men who are approaching or awaiting marriage, this demands faith in the character and wisdom of our Creator, as well as the self-control that comes from the indwelling Holy Spirit.
Biologically guys are wired for sex in a major way. We want it early and often. The drive is so strong that it can seem impossible not to act on it when the opportunity arises. Indeed, much of contemporary culture will judge you as inhibited or just plain weird if you decide to wait for sex until you say your marriage vows.
Hold Out for God’s Best
But God truly has our happiness in mind when He calls us to wait for marriage. God designed marriage not as a limitation but as a wonderful and healthy freedom. Marriage includes doing what you really want to do with whom you want to do it, all in the context of honest love, full commitment, and the vulnerability of trust. Sleeping around may bring a short-term thrill, but it leaves behind no depth, no real growth, no sense of something and someone you can depend on through good times and bad. In reserving sex for marriage, God is not holding out on you. He truly wants you to be sexually fulfilled, and this happens only on God’s terms—in marriage.
Bottom Line
If you have trusted God for your salvation, trust Him also with your sexuality.