Cheaters Unwelcome

My eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me;

        He who walks in a blameless way is the one who will minister to me. 

    He who practices deceit shall not dwell within my house;

        He who speaks falsehood shall not maintain his position before me. 

Pslam 101:6-7

This passage by David talks about how God won't associate Himself to those who are deceitful, arrogant or worthless.  I don't think God doesn't want to love them, He just can't.  God cannot be mixed with evil; light cannot exist with darkness.  David poetically makes this statement here that God cannot be with those who reject Him.  

When I read this I think of a few men I know.  I knew one of the men to be an adulter, one who is making unwise decisions to draw close to adultery, and the one I just found out about last night has been involved in adultery for a number of years with many partners.  I get sick to my stomach having been a victim in 2 different ways myself but I'm also a man so I know the temptations out there.  This is a poison I refuse to drink no matter how beautiful the bottle looks... poison is poison and it will destroy my entire life, guaranteed.  So why do it?

This brings me to think, why do men cheat?  Why do men go down this path where God has not blessed like in this psalm?  I can't speak for women but I can for men, in some general cases.  Basically, it's because there's a need to satisfy an urge; most likely a void in a marriage.  It's that 80/20 rule... for all intents and purposes our spouses are 80% of what we feel like we need and go elsewhere for the remaining 20%.  We exchange someone who is almost perfect for trash.  Men need to be filled from God.  Yes, this sounds cliche-ish but it's so true.  Where does a man's joy come?  Love from the Lord and respect from our wives.  But women will only respect you when we're living with integrity before the Lord.  This may not cover all circumstances because women need to look themselves in the mirror too but we have no control over that... we rely on God's grace to carry us through every situation.

Father God, I pray for the 3 people I spoke about plus the many others going through the same thing.  I pray for the women and children and all the people affected by deceitful hearts.  Lord I pray You make Your presence known which leads to such a heavy conviction transformation occurs.  We want to be under Your covering, show us the way... again and again.  In the most precious of names I pray, Lord Jesus, amen.