Flee...don’t mess with, don't play around the edges, don’t get close to the line...flee from sexual immorality.  We have talked about this many times in our morning readings, that some things are things that we can work on, that we can pray our way through, that we can exert will power over...and others are better suited to go into the category of ‘flee’.  Sexual immorality falls into the this flee category.

Another way to think about these kinds of issues is in terms of appetite.  Those thing for which we develop an appetite, for which we develop a craving or a yearning, and that tend to cause us to move away from others and into hiding; those are the same sins we should flee.

And notice another element that Paul introduces, that sexual immorality is a sin against our own body - and that however we want to understand what he is actually communicating, it is unique.

For me, it all goes back to this first verse of this reading, “All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are helpful.  “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be dominated by anything. (ESV). Another translation says it this way, “I have the right to do anything,” you said - but not everything is beneficial.  “I have the right to do anything” - but I will not be mastered by anything.  (NIV)

However I look at this...I think an important question for consideration today is this - “What has mastered me, or what is in the process of mastering me, that I need to consider, that I need to address, and that I need to pray for either the courage to flee or the will power to manage?”  Another great takeaway for us from Paul today!