Hey, up early. Very early, as in saw the sun rise. Which is completelty unnatural. But I was thinking and I wanted to do like a “verse of the day.” I came upon one of my favorite verses, so here it is, 1 Corinthians 10:13—“No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.”
This is absolutely one of my favorite verses. First of all, it says that none of us have ever faced a temptation that is uncommon. We all face temptation. Trust me, I face temptation every day, and sometimes I really do feel alone. But there is absolutely no temptation out there that someone else hasn't faced. Somehow it makes your problems seem like less when you know that tons of people have gone through the same thing.
No matter what we are going through Jesus is our strength. There is nothing that gives me more strength than knowing that there is not a single temptation I will ever face that God doesn't give me the strength to resist.
This is such a good promise. I am not as week as I think I am. I mean it is like an excuse to say that we are weak against temptation. There are so many times where I give in and I feel like I don't even have the choice to resist, but that just isn't an excuse any more.
Every time I face a battle or a temptation, I know that I can come out of it “alive.” I know that I am strong enough to stand up against it, not become I have the strength in my bones, but because the Lord gives me that strength and he fills me with it so that I can stand up against any temptation that is thrown at me.
It is about looking forward to the future, because I know that there will always be temptation and there will always be chances to sin, for the rest of time. But it is looking ahead to see it coming, seeing it coming and looking to the other side. Knowing that we can come out on the other side without sinning because the Lord will provide us with the strength to stand up under it.
And we are not alone. This is where we should help each other, leaning on another person and having them hold us accountable. Because other people go through the exact temptations.
Knowing that we will someday have to face God for our sins is somewhat terrifying, but it an idea that it hard to imagine. Since it has never happened, we don't realize what it will be like, which is why I think we can so blatantly sin, even knowing that we will have to face God someday.
The idea of having to face just a friend, flesh and bone, someone that you are equal with, terrifies us enough. So why shouldn't the idea of facing God for the same sin terrify us a thousand times more? Enough that we hit the ground running and never look back?
