Can You Resist All Temptations? 1 Corinthians 10:13

Oscar Wilde said, “I can resist anything except temptation.” That’s funny. What a great line.

Have you ever faced a difficult temptation? (All temptations are difficult, aren’t they?) Do you make excuses? Do you give in because you had a bad day? Or because you are sick, or tired, or hungry? Do you tell yourself you can’t help it?

Don’t lie to yourself. You can ALWAYS help it.

Not only that, God promises to provide a way to escape the temptation:

“No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it” 1 Corinthians 10:13.

What an amazing promise! No temptation is EVER too much for you. AND, God promises to provide an escape hatch.

Never tell yourself you can’t help it. And when you are tempted, start looking for the way out. If (when) you fail, look back and figure out where you went wrong. (Review the game film, so to speak.)

I strongly encourage you to memorize this powerful verse, so you can never again lie to yourself: the temptation is NOT too hard for you. You can ALWAYS resist. And God ALWAYS creates a way to escape, you simply have to look for it.

Pray that God will transform your thinking, so you can be honest with yourself: ‘I could have said no, but chose to rebel,’ is more honest than saying to yourself, ‘I was weak and couldn’t help it.’

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