SINFUL DESIRE

"Every temptation that we meet in the path of duty is another chance of filling our souls with the power of heaven." - Frederick Temple 

 

Dan Delzell, Pastor of Wellspring Lutheran Church in Papillion, Nebraska wrote, '7 Things You Should Know About Temptation.' It appeared in the Christian Post in June 2014. In the article he said, "If you think you already know all there is to know about temptation, think again." Temptation is a visitor, that comes knocking on the door of our heart daily. It never gets tired.

With temptation, 'what you see isn't what you get.' The power of temptation lies in the desire to have what is being offered; one of its many deceptions is that it doesn't really deliver the promised goods: even if it does, it hides from you the pain that comes with it; it offers one thing, but delivers another. What you see isn't what you get. Instead, you end up getting all the baggage that comes with the decision to give into temptation. The pressure to resist
temptation is less than the heat from the consequences afterwards. The bait on the hook looks good until you take it: giving in to temptation increases sinful desires. We have been empowered by God's Spirit to resist.

Everyone gets tempted in different areas of lives, and to varying degrees, but we need to look to the Lord and ask for His wisdom in overcoming them. Whenever you’re tempted, like Jesus resist the devil and he will flee. He has the solution, he knows how best to deal with them.