Daily Wisdom

Jas 1:16 “Do not err, my beloved brethren.”

One of the shortest scriptures in the bible, but it can keep us from ending up a long distance from the Lord! We must take particular care not to “err” in our conceptions and actions towards the Lord. The Greek word for “err” is (planao) meaning to wander, go astray, be seduced; Don’t stray into erroneous opinions, and/or go off from the standard of truth. Instead, bring everything into subjection, which is of truth, and depart not from it least we become a castaway (1 Cor 9:27).

The maturity of the believer is not his ability to resist temptation, but to avoid it… HSAY

Daily Wisdom

1 Cor 10:13 “There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.”

While temptation will test you, it tests everyone, it has no dominion over you. It can only become destructive when you entertain it instead of escaping it. Your ability “to bear” temptations antics is laid out in God’s escape plan… “make a way to escape.”  Your ability to do so will be predicated on your first step, as Paul instructed Timothy in 2 Tim 2:22 “Flee also youthful lusts…  out of it’s presence out of it’s power. Effective spiritual escape plans don’t include resistance and resolve, but rather flee and flourish; ready to fight again. The counter-intelligence is recognizing the enemy, acknowledging wrong, respond in what is right, pray for strength. But, the assurance of victory occurs when you chose to take the first step to escape. But, it’s advantage to the enemy for those who seek to resist temptation rather than fleeing it!

Temptation is the devil looking through the key hole, yielding is opening the door seeing what he's up to.

HSAY… Todd