Temptation is a powerful force that threatens to trip us up in our minds and bodies. It is all too easy to give into temptation and then blame God for allowing us to be tempted in the first place. However, the Bible tells us that, “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” ( 1 CORINTHIANS 10:13). So, we learn that temptation is not destined to defeat us. We can defeat it with God’s help. God has made ways for us to escape temptation’s grip, we must focus our attention on the escape, not the vice. In today’s reading, the temptation of Jesus is recorded by Luke, and shows how Christ used the Word of God to overcome it. When we are weak in our body, God can be strong in our hearts and minds. The Word of God helps us, it strengthens our spirits and gives us tools that we didn’t have before.
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