Temptation

"But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called 'today,' that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin."

- Hebrews 3:13 (ESV)

Some thoughts I had just now is that temptations in your life are really a result of doubting the goodness of God. We are called to consider all things rubbish in comparison to knowing Christ (Phil 3), but how often can we say that? Or even, how often can we say that we are even striving for that? We are called to strive and called to persevere in our faith no matter what, yet I would say temptations always come into play to try and wreck your faith.

There are 2 ways I see temptation:

1. Seeing the crap in your life and doubting God's goodness
2. Seeing the good/pleasures in the world and doubting the need of God's goodness

It's a nasty little thing! In Hebrews it talks about exhorting each other daily so that we won't be deceived by sin! It is a deceitful thing, and if left untouched, can bore deep holes into your heart that can shipwreck you! Therefore brothers/sisters, put on that armour of God! haha (eph 6)! It will help you fight! One thing I realized recently is that when you put on armour and go into battle, you don't just stand there hoping that the armour will protect you from everything/anything. You fight still! You defend yourself still! You could fight without armour, but you will also be easily slain too. So while we put on this armour to fight sin, remember that your role isn't one of complacency but one of diligence and vigilance!