Hey guys sorry about the delay today I have been sheet rocking my baby girls room. Enough excuses lets get down with this scripture... I love these verses and I am challenged by the reality
that God does not do the tempting with evil but rather it is us "ME" and our"MY" own junk that leads to that. I also like how it walks through the birth process of Sin and how it is a reality that we don't just happen into sin but rather it is a process. We have the ability to break that process down and guard against the sin that is in our lives "I have to be more intentional though if I am going to do this". "Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial" I Pray for strength to live a life that represents this.
JAMES 1:9-15
9 Let the lowly brother boast in his exaltation, 10 and the rich in his humiliation, because like a flower of the grass he will pass away. 11 For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in the midst of his pursuits.
12 Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him. 13 Let no one say when he is tempted, I am being tempted by God, for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one. 14 But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. 15 Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death.
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So we are to be joyful and steadfast through trials and temptations. Can you imagine what a powerful witness that would be to the world if we did these two things!
Oh man you are right on Kent I know I look back and think about situations that I know I didn't handle correctly and "what if" I had only handled things like this scripture says to? Who would be different today because of what they could have seen God do through that situation.
This is a good reminder to me that We all may go through temptation, but We know that it's not from God. I know that anything that's not from God, is against God. I think about that when I'm tempted. I know my sins come from my own giving in to temptation. Yeah, I always think about My life if would've lived for Him all along instead of doing my own thing when I was younger. Thank God for His mercy and grace.
You know this is another great one. I have argued with people over time that God does not tempt, but yet can test us in other ways. I know in my life when temptation came my way it was generally when was not reading and praying on a daily basis and guess what I always failed and gave in to temptation. When your strong in God he will always provide a way out of our temptation. Man I really hope God's mercy is HUGE. The scripture says sin brings about death but this is not necessarily a physical death but more of a spiritual death which would then bring more sin and bad decisions into our lives. Which eventually could bring about a physical death.
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