Read James 1:12-18
It is a promise: we will be tempted. But if we can turn from the temptation and choose God then we be able to stand in the great judgment and receive the crown of life. Jesus wore a crown of thorns in mockery of their claim that he was the king of the Jews. His crown was a crown of death. Our crown will be a crown of life- everlasting life. God will never tempt us but he will allow the devil to tempt us, in fact, God lead Jesus into the wilderness so he would be tempted and win. The temptation is not the sin; it is what we do with the temptation. If we turn and run immediately then it won’t have time to sink its talons into us and conceive lust which will eventually cause us to sin. Sin leads only one place and that is death. That is the devil’s plan for us ultimately. If we are hidden in God and he can’t take us to hell with him then he will work to destroy our testimony. But God gives us gifts that are perfect and help us to endure the darts of the devil. God is light and there is no darkness in him. The devil is darkness and their is not light in him. The devil tries to mimic God and deceive us as an angel of light. His works are counterfeit and lead to our demise. God is truth and will lead us into all truth if we keep our minds stayed on him.
Lord, be our light and our truth today. May our minds be stayed on you that we not sin against you.
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