Temptation's Letdown

Proverbs 5:1-6:

1 My son, be attentive to my wisdom; incline your ear to my understanding,
2 that you may keep discretion, and your lips may guard knowledge.
3 For the lips of a forbidden woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil,
4 but in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
5 Her feet go down to death; her steps follow the path to Sheol;
6 she does not ponder the path of life; her ways wander, and she does not know it.

In a culture inundated by sex, the temptation of lust is all too familiar. Attractive women are used to sell everything from jeans to hamburgers, all with the promise of satisfaction. That satisfaction will not come. What seemed like a refreshing drink will in reality leave you feeling sour. And it is not only the sinful man that misunderstands what path with bring him joy. Often the tempters are wardering thoughtlessly into their own destruction.