“No sooner had Gideon died than the Israelites again prostituted themselves to the Baals. They did not remember the Lord their God, who had rescued them from the hands of all their enemies on every side.” Judges 8:33-34

Three times in the first few chapters of Judges the word “prostituted” was used to describe Israel’s spiritual amnesia (KJV uses the word “whoring”) that resulted in their forsaking God and complete rebellion. Interesting description, if you ask me. Then I was reminded of James description in his own letter to believers who struggled with these similar issues. James wrote, “You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world is hatred toward God?” (James 4:4). “Prostituted”. “Whoring”. “Adulterers”. Do these descriptors add perspective to our flirtatious attitude toward sin? Perhaps I (we) need to concern myself more with fleeing as far away from the line of sin than I do “whoring” around with it.