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What to Do About Temptation: 1.
Get into God’s Word – it
shines the light on temptation and sin so we can see it for what it really is.
See Psalm 119:9, 11, 105. 2.
Pray – Jesus
understands temptation and can help. See Hebrews 2:18; Psalm 50:15. 3.
Take God’s exit – submit to Him, resist the devil, and run from sin. See 1 Cor. 10:13. 4.
Fill your mind with good things.
– See Phil. 4:8 5.
Practice right living –
make the fruit of the Spirit your goal. See Galatians 5:22, 23. 6.
Fellowship with other Christians
– see Heb. 10:24,25. When Do You Deal With Temptation?
Do you remember the parable of the Arab and the camel? The story goes
that on a very cold desert night the Arab woke up to find that his camel had
pushed his nose beneath the door of his tent. He was about to drive his camel
out when he realized that so little of his camel was inside, that he decided to
let him keep his nose out of the cold.
After going back to sleep he felt something strange going on in his tent.
Upon turning on the lamp he saw the long hairy neck of his camel inside the
tent. He was about to scold the camel when it spoke up and said, “You don’t
really mind do you? It’s very cold outside and I won’t come in one inch
more.” So the master yielded to the request and went off to sleep again.
On waking the third time, he discovered that by now the camel’s front
legs and hump were in the tent. Just as he was about to jump up and drive the
beast out, those pleading eyes and tender assuring words, “I promise I won’t
come in another centimeter. Besides, it is warmer for you when the two of us are
inside…” won him over.
Before long he awoke with the weight of the whole camel on top of him.
Then the camel said, “If it’s room you want, there’s plenty outside!”
With that he kicked the man out!
Now my question. . . When do you
deal with temptation?
If we don’t deal with it at the very beginning of its appearance in our
lives . . . when it pokes it’s ugly nose into our tent. . . it won’t be long
before it takes over and controls us!
Don’t give temptation a second thought and you will be able to live a
life of mighty victory! You can’t stop the birds from flying over your head,
but you can keep them from building their nests in your hair.
Dr. Charles Horton |
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