God Never Leaves

So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don’t fall! No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. 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 endure it.

1 Corinthians 10:13-14

In life we each will have temptation. What tempts you, may not tempt me and what tempts me may not tempt you. Regardless, we, each of us, needs to be on guard against the pitfalls and the tempters of life.

Temptation lures us off the path God has set for us. When we give into temptation, we always lose.

When we give into the temptation - even taking one tiny bite - we can find ourselves lost in the woods. Being lost can be frightening - even terrifying. We can think we have no options, no solution for the miserable state we find ourselves in. This sense of hopelessness can be devastating and can make you feel as if in the midst of your worst days you have lost everything and everyone - even God. But, regardless of what you have done, how you have given in or given up, God will never forsake you.

God never leaves.

When you finally turn away from your temptation, and turn to God, you will find that He has forged a trail for you to return to the His path for your life. Sometimes that path may be all up hill, but you can trust in the knowledge that He will be walking along side you on the journey.

God allows temptation in our lives to help us to better understand that we need Him to carry us through all of the days of our lives. Each time we turn from temptation to God our level of trust and reassurance in His presence grows. We begin to understand we cannot withstand the temptations of life without God carrying us through. When we think that we can do it all on our own; that we do not need God, this is when we need Him the most.

None of us can withstand the temptations which will cause us to fall on our own - even Jesus turned to God in prayer to help him walk through the valleys and the temptations he faced while he was here on earth.  We all need God. Only He can keep each of us on the path to life abundant with Him.

Temptation will come. The only way to be prepared is to have your 24-HR Guard on duty - allow God to be your shield and you will not have any problem just saying no.

Scripture

1 Corinthians 10:1-13

Quote of the Day

God is better served in resisting a temptation to evil, than in many formal prayers.

WILLIAM PENN, Some Fruits of Solitude

Question of the Day

What is your greatest weakness?

A Guide for the Journey

Show me your ways, Lord, teach me your paths. Guide me in your truth and teach me for you are God my Savior and my hope is in you all day long. (Psalm 25:4-5)

Have you ever taken a tour of a museum or hiked on a trail with a guide? Maybe you were on a camp-out and had a leader who led you through a series of activities; Or maybe you had a coach who taught you an entirely new way to play a sport?


All throughout our lives we have mentors, teachers and guides who help us along life’s journey. We learn new things, skills or tasks, which we build upon in each successive phase of our journeys. Our guides are often wise men and women who have already traveled the path we are taking or have mastered a piece of the trail we need to move forward. We admire these leaders in our lives and trust their advice – we, in fact, put our very lives in their capable hands.


Ultimately, a guide or a teacher can only take us so far on the journey. They only know a portion of our trip, but God knows the entire journey; every curve, corner, nook and cranny. He places the other guides in our paths to help us along, but He is our true guide on this journey.

 

We follow Him by allowing God to teach us how He wants us to live. His lead begins with our understanding the truth of His love. God is truth – everything about Him is reality – and trusting in Him we will find a clear path in life.

 

He will not take us faster than we can go – even when we press Him for the next step – nor will He allow us to go too slow. By allowing Him to guide us, to show us His ways, to live the life He desires for us, we will be living a life like Goldie Locks when she ate the last bowl of porridge…“just right”.


But the journey cannot begin until you are ready to listen to your Guide and trust in His leadership.


Are you ready for the journey?

 Scripture Reference (click below)

Psalm 25

Quote of the Day…

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go."
-- T.S. Eliot

Question of the Day

What is the best place you have ever hiked, gone for a walk, a bike ride or some other place where you were on a journey and why?

Don't forget...GUMY TONIGHT!!!!