The Naked Truth About Sex - Continued
Published: June 02, 2008
All of this came to a screeching halt one season when a Colorado woman accused Kobe of rape. He adamantly denied any involvement. People wondered how it could be true. After all, he was married to a wife who made most models look like mud ducks, and she had just given birth to a baby girl.
When the facts came out, he admitted having sex with the woman but claimed that it was consensual. The whole trial boiled down to he-said-she-said, and all we really know is that something sexual happened.
Though the charges of rape were dropped, Kobe’s sponsors weren’t willing to lose money. They quickly released him from his contracts for violation of the morality clause. He lost millions a year in endorsements. Over time, Kobe will probably regain the confidence of the companies that dropped his endorsement contracts, but he will never regain his reputation. Gee, I hope the sex was good.
I asked the No. 1 college football team in the nation if they thought Kobe was able to control himself and if they could control themselves if they were offered a huge sum of money.
“Gentlemen, would you zip it up and keep it zipped until marriage for the amount of money Kobe lost in endorsements?”
“Absolutely!” they responded with enthusiasm.
Everybody wants to be a comedian, so one player piped up that he’d join a monastery for that amount. Trying to top him, his friend swore that he’d line up to be castrated for that kind of cash.
“Would you lock it down for the amount of his athletic endorsement?” I asked.
“Yes!” everyone answered.
“How about just one million dollars to keep it on ‘Clank!’?”
Everyone agreed.
Our negotiations continued, and ended at a far lower number—which makes perfect sense, as they were poor college students (When you’re a starving student, 75 cents to do laundry is ample change!) But I believe the point was made:
Sex is completely controllable when given the right motivation.
What is your motivation? What motivates you to do the right thing, not just in the area of sex, but overall in life? Your motivation might be money. That’s an obvious choice, but The Naked Truth is that convictions based on money can’t be the ultimate motivator, because the highest bidder might demand that you sell out those convictions.
Perhaps money isn’t your motivator—is it the respect of your peers? Approval of your friends? Whatever it is, you should know that anything apart from God will fail. If you are under His complete control, none of your actions are uncontrollable.
You can control your body, including the decision to have sex. Philippians 4:13 says, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” Notice that the Bible doesn’t say you can do “something” or “a few things” or even “most things.”
You can do all things—and that includes waiting for His best and His time.
From The Naked Truth © 2007 by Lakita Garth. Published by Regal Books, http://www.regalbooks.com. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Speaker, Media Consultant, Emmy-nominated TV Personality, & Author of what many leaders call “the Bible” of abstinence education, “The Naked Truth,” Lakita Garth-Wright speaks to hundreds of thousands of young people across the U.S. and the world every year. For more information on Lakita Garth-Wright, log onto http://www.thenakedtruthaboutsex.com.
Copyright © 2008 Lakita Garth-Wright. All rights reserved.
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