By: Tomi Arayomi
[An excerpt…}
“You think it’s intimacy? No, this is a funeral dressed as romance. Scripture is clear:
“Her house leads down to death, her paths to the spirits of the dead. None who go to her return or attain the paths of life, ” (Proverbs 2: 18-19).
She (or he) is a gate. A gate that looks like comfort but leads to corrosion. A gate that invites you in for pleasure but escorts you out in chains.
The Bible doesn’t hold back on this:
“Her feet go down to death. Her steps lead straight to the grave,” (Proverbs 5:5).
“Her house is the way to Sheol, descending to the chambers of death,” (Proverbs 7:27).
You came in with passion; you left with your purpose drained. You entered with oil; you walked out embalmed. This spirit doesn’t want your body, it wants your assignment. It’s after your calling, your legacy, and your anointing.
It’s patient. It doesn’t always rush you. Sometimes it flirts with your emotions first. Sometimes it waits until you’re tired, isolated, or distracted. Sometimes….it waits until spring.
“In the spring, when kings go out to war, David remained in Jerusalem…,” (2 Samuel 11:1).
You know the story. He saw Bathsheba, sent for her, and slept with her. David was a warrior, but he fell when he stopped warring. The moment he stepped off the battlefield, he stepped into a trap.
A CHAMBER DISGUISED AS A BEDROOM
You thought it was just a hookup. You thought it was a “weak moment,” but that bed was not a bed–it was an altar. And what dies there…is you.
“But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol,” (Proverbs 9:18). The tragedy of lust is this: it blinds before it binds.
You believe that you are in control until you are not. You believe you are walking in, when actually you are being walked into something.
Ask Samson. His fall did not begin with Delilah. His downfall began earlier when he first slept with a prostitute in Gaza (Judges 16:1). That was the seed, Delilah was just the harvest.
He was not just physically strong, Samson was anointed and chosen. But here is the truth: there is no anointing strong enough to survive consistent compromise. You cannot flirt with fire and expect not to get burned.
Believers, this work by Tomi Arayomi which identifies the significance of spiritual gates is powerful, insightful, and backed by scripture. I invite you to add this author’s voice to your collection. With each chapter I was drawn back to cited scripture. I approached and consumed these passages with fresh eyes and wonder.
[Note: I am not sponsored by or associated with the author nor publishing firm].
Loose Your Purpose!
Tammy B. Williams,
11/24/2025
Loose Your Purpose! 
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