THE TRUTH ABOUT PORNOGRAPHY

PORNOGRAPHY is something we all know about and no matter who we are now, we all have had a running with it once or more in our past. For me, I was stuck in pornography for three years. You see I use the word ‘stuck’ here cos that is how I felt, trapped. Most people who watch porn now think they are getting pleasure but all they are really getting is deeper and deeper into bondage. Pornography is like a jail cell which is so comfy that we forget what it is. We stay in this cell and think we are having fun or gaining happiness when actually, we are just getting deeper and deeper into captivity. See the funny thing about this jail cell is that the door is always open but because it is so seemingly comfortable we do not want to come out. Until one day the door slams shut and we realize we have wasted our lives in pursuit of fools’ pleasure and can now do nothing about it.
I watched porn for three years. In my case, I saw pornography as a way of getting away from all the hassles I was facing in my life. It got so bad that I had to dig deep into pornography to get any pleasure from it. In those three years of immorality, I was able to establish myself as a sex-craving fool in school, I lusted after every girl that passed by me, I almost even turned gay. I started seeing women including my sisters as tools for pleasure and if not for God, I would have done something I would have regretted for the entirety of my life. Because you see that is what porn does, it makes you see things that would be otherwise be extremely disgusting as deeds done for the purpose of pleasure. I suffered in search of happiness from porn for three years but all I got was guilt and extreme lust.
Lecrae, the rapper conveyed the effect of sins like pornography when he said “I know it’s going to kill me but I just can’t let it go and the taste of the feeling has got a grip upon my soul, these honey-dipped lies mesmerized me, pride has got its crooked fingers twisting all inside me.” This is a perfect description of pornography it starts out as a source for happiness until one day, you see the degradation it has brought to your soul, you start fighting for your freedom but you see that the devil has finally closed the cell door and only a miracle can get you out of there, you become an addict. Watching pornography; not because you love it but because you just have to.  But this is where you see God’s love at work most that even while you are there wallowing in pornography, He is not looking at the man you are(in pornography) but He is looking at the man His love is going to make you, the happy, successful, changed man. He isn’t looking at your sin to condemn you but He is looking at His son to save you.  All He needs is for you to sincerely seek Him, reach out your hand to Him and He will take it and pull you out of that fiery furnace. Some people are still in pornography because they are too proud or scared of the shame of their condition, but here is another offer from God; there is no condemnation for they that are in the Lord. When the Lord Almighty justifies you, no one can condemn you.
Pornography used to be my ugly story but now, that story is building the faith of people everywhere. This can be the same for you too. If you are into an addiction of any sort and you are seeking a way out, God is giving you an offer of an awesome life on earth and a much more awesome life afterwards. Just pray with your whole heart to your heavenly Father and He will come and save you. Pray!
For my fellow brothers who are already saved from pornography, do not think the battle is over. Flee from all appearances of evil. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Run away from anything that looks like or talks about fornication like it is the right thing to do. any movie that makes sex look too important, no matter how interesting it may seem, is just a tool the devil uses to plunge freed slaves like us back into captivity. Stay away from them and pray earnestly for the Grace of God to help you win this war. God help us all.