There are three things that are too amazing for me, four that I do not understand:
The way of an eagle in the sky,
The way of a snake on a rock,
The way of a ship on the high seas,
And the way of a man with a woman.
(Proverbs 30:18–19)
Why did God ordain sex as a reality between man and woman? What is its purpose? Why does it command such immense power and attention within the human experience? What was God’s objective in introducing it to the sons and daughters of Adam?
Is it possible that sex itself is not the destination, but rather the shadow of something incomparably greater?
The consequences of governed sexuality, exercised within God’s designated parameters, can be emotionally, psychologically, physically, and biologically profound. Yet the consequences of ungoverned sexuality outside those parameters can be equally profound, often reaching far beyond the psyche of the individuals involved. Both testify to the extraordinary weight of what is taking place.
Could it be that sex, as ordained by the Almighty, points toward a union infinitely more profound and presently beyond humanity’s full grasp? Few realities evoke such power, pleasure, beauty, longing, vulnerability, and destructiveness as sex. Yet humanity’s fascination with this phenomenon appears boundless.
The intensity and ecstasy of bodily communion seem to echo the mystery of unity itself. Sexual union stands as the apex of human communion, perhaps providing a glimpse, however faint, of a deeper and more ultimate union for which we were created.
Both the beauty of governed sexuality and the devastation of ungoverned sexuality reflect the sacred weight of sex. Sexual desire is intense, and intercourse offers a powerful experience, yet it remains a shadow of a deeper communion with the Triune Almighty.
Sexual union appears to provide a lowly human vocabulary for contemplating union with Christ. In the interconnectedness of bodies, affections, and souls, we encounter a depth of union that stretches our imagination toward a greater reality: complete and unhindered union with Him.
The overwhelming power we sense in sexual desire may not simply be biological impulse or misdirected energy. It may be the gravitational pull of something infinite pressing through something finite, an echo of a longing that transcends the physical and reaches toward the eternal.
Perhaps divine desire is more fundamental than sex itself. Our capacity for romantic love and sexual desire may ultimately testify to a deeper longing, one that no human embrace can fully satisfy. They bear witness to the soul’s persistent yearning for God, from whom every shadow derives its substance and toward whom every true desire ultimately points.
That I May Know Him! 