Monday, February 03, 2014

Temptations

1 Corinthians 10:13 NLT 
The temptations in your life are no different from what others experience. And God is faithful. He will not allow the temptation to be more than you can stand. When you are tempted, he will show you a way out so that you can endure.

When we think of temptations don't we generally think of the big ones? Like the temptation to do something we know is really wrong. When one of our friends is doing something that just doesn't feel right to us and we do it anyway because they are doing it.

But what about the little ones like the temptation to strike back when someone wrongs you? The enemy would very much like to help us lapse into that revengeful mode of our past. But the Holy Spirit is there to help us stay on the right path, if only we listen.

Then there is that driver that cut you off or slowed so much you got the red light? Or the temptation to speed up to make it through the yellow. Time to ask the Holy Spirit to calm you. Time to realize there may be a reason for you not getting through at the last second. Perhaps something bad was awaiting you if had pushed it.

We are tempted in so many little ways each day and do not even realize it. Time to ask the Holy Spirit to reveal them to us so we don't choose the wrong way and fall into sin.

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