The best way to escape temptation is to run to God.
Read 1 Corinthians 10:1-13
An unusual list called The 100 Least Powerful People in the World appeared in the online publication 24/7 Wall St. Among those selected were corporate executives, sports figures, politicians and celebrities who share one common characteristic - they used to be powerful. Some were victims of circumstances, others made poor business decisions while others lost their influence because of moral failures.
In 1 Corinthians 10, Paul draws a sombre lesson from Old Testament history. The people Moses led from slavery in Egypt towards freedom in the Promised Land kept turning their backs on God who had delivered them (vv 1-5). Idolatry, immorality and grumbling were among the things that brought them down (vv 6-10). Paul points to their collapse as an example to us and sounds this warning: “Let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall” (v 12).
Every follower of Jesus can stand firm on God’s promise: “No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man, but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it” (v 13). All of us have power to influence others in their faith. How tragic to squander it by yielding to a temptation that God has empowered us to resist.
Lord, there are temptations to sin everywhere.
Help me not to give in.
Make me sensitive to see the ways out that You provide.
I want my love for You to be real
And to encourage others in their faith journey.
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