Sin: A Rotting Corpse in Beautiful Clothing

2 Samuel 13:15

"Then Amnon hated her exceedingly; so that the hatred wherewith he hated her was greater than the love wherewith he had loved her. And Amnon said unto her, Arise, be gone."

James 1:14-15

"But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death."

Sin is like a hideous, rotting corpse in bright, beautiful clothing. From afar, it appeals, calls and attracts us. But once we have had it, has our fill we are left with nothing but the decay, disease and death.

Sin destroys all it touches. Can a man take fire in his bosom and his clothes not be burned? Death is the end result every single time.

Our lust commands us and our flesh willingly follows. We desire and desire, want and want. And when we finally attain that evil desire, it turns to gravel in our mouths. Then what we thought we wanted, the one thing that we make us happy and finally satisfy that gnawing in our soul, turns suddenly to something we despise and loath because it has worked our ruin.

The Devil attempts to package sin as attractive and exciting and God's righteousness and dull, restrictive, boring. Nothing could be further from the truth. God and His love is life itself. The pure, satisfying water of life. The nourishing, hunger abating bread that our bodies require. These can only be found in Him.

Sin on the other hand is death. No life has ever been ruined by loving God and others "too much". Countless lives have been ruined and continue to be ruined by loving self too much.

How do I view the righteousness of God that I am to be seeking daily? Is sin more attractive to me than spending time with my Savoir?