Always be ready to walk away.
In the previous lesson, we noted what happens when you are on your own turf. What happens when it’s not your turf? If the Lord does not deliver a situation into your hands, you play along until you cannot. Never break your commitment to God’s moral laws. That is your sole reason for existing on this plane. If you cannot apply His imperatives to the context, you don’t play.
This is the other edge of the same blade that cuts through all the crap. You remain in charge of your response, whether the context is under your hand or not. This is the same thing as never caving in to pressure for something to do wrong. While this applies to everything, it is most especially applicable to your partner, guys. She’s either on board with the mission or she’s on her own.
Thus, nothing a woman offers you is worth a moment’s consideration until she offers that partnership. It may well be she struggles at least as much as you do with faithfulness to the mission, but God has promised we can sense a genuine commitment if it matters to us. So all of her other assets are strictly secondary to this one thing: that she is behind your mission as much as you are. Whatever else she may use to capture you should be nailed to the Cross; walk away and let her keep it or use it as bait to trap some other fool. You don’t want anything that isn’t attached to your mission.
The first time she deceives you for an immoral demand is her last time. After that, she has to overcome a serious handicap just to get back where she started. You must hold the strength over your own desires to cut her off when she threatens the mission. This is the danger in relying on some desirable human trait as the indicator that she’s worthy. Without faith, it’s just a pretty package for poison. If you don’t set your heart resolutely on the mission, ready to walk away regardless of your other desires, you can’t possibly know when it’s safe to forgive and offer another chance. A woman who deceives you consistently is Satan’s daughter to you.
It’s a tall order. The feminist mythology holds Western society prisoner. Even good old church girls are likely to be completely wrong for the shepherd. Don’t be deceived, men.
Nail yourself to the Cross first before you decide.
