*DRINK WATER FROM YOUR OWN WELL.*(Series 3) *Scripture Reading:* Hebrew 13:4 **Marriage is to be held in honor among all [that is, regarded as something of great value], and the marriage bed undefiled [by immorality or by any sexual sin]; for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous."*(AMP) Whatever a man/woman doesn't have license to becomes deadly, shameful, irritating, disgraceful. Why doing it when you know you're not free? *The questions you always ask yourself is this, what if her husband/wife cought me red handed or what if she/he die in the hotel room, what will I do? You're not free despite the fact that you're messing around, you know you're not free. Reason because you do not have license to it.* There's more to sex. Sex outside of marriage is an open door or highway for demons to transfer from one person to another easily. Having sex with someone suffering from a demonic oppression or is possessed by demons will open a wide door for those demons to move from one person to another. This is part of the reason why Satan is pushing so hard for sexual sin. *Be careful. There is more to sex than the fun. In God’s institution of marriage, sex is wonderful. Outside of it, you are inviting problems that you might not correct in an entire lifetime.* According to the scripture, marriage is honor. Meaning, sex is an honor thing not just a fun. In the context of Proverbs 15:5, for a man to drink water from his own cistern is for him to share sensual love only with his wife: *“Why spill the water of your springs in the streets, having sex with just anyone? You should reserve it for yourselves. Never share it with strangers. Let your wife be a fountain of blessing for you”* (Proverbs 5:16–18, NLT). Like spilling precious water into the streets, adultery is wasting one’s love on strangers. The command to drink water from your own cistern forbids marital infidelity of any form. Sexual intimacy is to be guarded exclusively for the joy, pleasure, and fulfillment of love between a husband and a wife (Hebrews 13:4). Solomon develops similar imagery in Song of Solomon: “You are my private garden, my treasure, my bride, a secluded spring, a hidden fountain. . . . You are a garden fountain, a well of fresh water streaming down from Lebanon’s mountains” (Song of Solomon 4:12, 15, NLT). *God blesses sexual intimacy, but it is a “private garden,” “secluded spring,” and “hidden fountain” to be enjoyed, cherished, and shared only by married couples and not in any other relationship.* God designed sex not just for procreation but for refreshment and pleasure to be experienced by two people in the covenant of marriage (Genesis 1:28; 2:18, 23–24; Matthew 19:4–6; 1 Corinthians 7:32–34; Song of Solomon 4:16—5:1, 19). *Physical intimacy is God’s gift to strengthen a married couple’s emotional bond. In Solomon’s metaphor, sexual intimacy in marriage is like a satisfying drink of pure, cool spring water. But committing adultery is like stealing someone else’s water or ingesting polluted water from a drainage ditch or sewer.* To be continue tomorrow morning by God's Grace. Good morning and do have a great weekend, peace. *Prayer point:* Lord, help me to cling to the wife/husband of my youth to fulfill God's original plan for my life in Jesus Christ name. Amen! T.S. AFOLAYAN