"So be careful. If you are thinking, "Oh, I would never behave like that"-let this be a warning to you. For you too may fall into sin. But remember this-the wrong desires that come into your life aren't anything new and different. Many others have faced exactly the same problems before you. And no temptation is irresistible. You can trust God to keep the temptation from becoming so strong that you can't stand up against it, for he has promised this and will do what he says. He will show you how to escape temptation's power so that you can bear up patiently against it." ( 1 Cor 10:12-13 TLB)
If we think we are beyond being tempted to sin, we deceive ourselves and are set up for a certain fall. When we are tempted, we are drawn away by the very thing we secretly desire in our hearts. Its a tough situation to be in, but not impossible to escape. God is faithful! He makes a way of escape for us! The question each of us must ask our self when we are tempted is, do I really want to escape?
PRAYER: Lord, help us to be honest with ourself and acknowledge the hidden unpleasing desires we have that enables Satan to tempt us. Thank you for being faithful and providing a way of escape. Help us to want to escape. Amen.
James 1:13-16. . . . And remember, when someone wants to do wrong it is never God who is tempting him, for God never wants to do wrong and never tempts anyone else to do it. Temptation is the pull of man's own evil thoughts and wishes. These evil thoughts lead to evil actions and afterwards to the death penalty from God. So don't be misled, dear brothers. TLB
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