HOW THINGS GET LOST (5) – UNRESTRAINED INQUISITIVENESS 

An investigative video by one of the popular media outfits came up on my YouTube feed. I love investigative journalism. I had a brief stint in Mass Communication. The investigation was about how teenage girls are seduced and abused digitally. 

Knowing that I was also interested and called to young people, my antenna rose. As I clicked the video, the Holy Spirit stepped in and said, “Must you watch it?” Then, there was a warning on the screen that there was some explicit content. I ran away from it immediately. 

Some may see the video and feel like Superman, but for me, it was not permitted. Curiosity kills the cat. I refused to be that cat. 

To be inquisitive in this context means to be curious and pry, especially in matters that are not your personal concern or that you have no business with at all. 

This is one of the ways that men sabotage, infringe or even lose their consecration on their journey with God in life and destiny. 

This was how Samson began to break his consecration. It did not start with big things like Delilah. It started with small matters that seemed inconsequential. 

Samson, by the Spirit of the Lord, has killed a young lion who roared at him. That should have been a great end to that journey, but something happened to Samson: 

Judges 14:8 NKJV

[8] After some time, when he returned to get her, he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion. And behold, a swarm of bees and honey were in the carcass of the lion. 

The problem of inquisitive Christians is the trap of “turning aside to see.” Let me ask you: 

Must you see all matters trending about sexual misconduct? In a bid to analyse and educate the public, may you not return with a paralysed defense system. Your self-control level suddenly drops.  

You have loaded your system with so many movies that have destroyed your sensitivity. 

Do you know that once you turn aside to see certain things, you have left the way you are meant to walk? 

Judges 14:8 GNT

A few days later Samson went back to marry her. On the way he left the road to look at the lion he had killed, and he was surprised to find a swarm of bees and some honey inside the dead body. 

He left the road! 

Why must curiosity drag you away from the way of righteousness? Why allow your desire to be entertained to stain your soul and derail you into things you had left? 

Deal with that curiosity.  

Deal with unrestrained inquisitiveness.