when temptation comes, be ready. be prepared for it. peter says, be on your guard. JESUS says, watch and pray that you enter not into temptation. paul said, put on the whole armor of GOD. be ready, be prepared.
james 14-16 (niv), each one is tempted when by his own evil desires, he is dragged away and enticed. don’t be deceived my dear brothers. we need to be ready and prepared for temptation. don’t be deceived.
temptation does not warn you in advance. one of the reasons it’s a temptation is because you don’t even know it is there. it catches you by surprise. you’ve got to be ready and on your guard.
now we are the most vulnerable after a tremendous success. we think we’re ok. the bible says, let him who thinks he standeth, take heed lest he fall.
i think of bobby leach who went over niagara falls in a barrel and came out unharmed. a couple of days later he slipped on an orange peal and broke his leg. it’s the little things in life that kill us. james is saying, be ready, don’t be deceived.
just a thought from the front porch…
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