Thursday, November 15
Your word I have hidden in my heart, that I might not sin against You.
Psalm 119:11
When Jesus was tempted in the wilderness, He faced it head-on with the Word of God, quoting it to silence Satan: "It is written," "It is written," "It is written" (Luke 4:4, 8, 10). If Jesus triumphed over temptation with God's Holy Word, how could anyone think they could live a life of holiness and purity apart from the Bible?
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Just as He has created a physical immune system to equip our bodies to ward off diseases, God has provided a way of overcoming temptation. Rooting His Word in our hearts, God implants His spiritual immune system that empowers us to live healthy, righteous, godly lives. Jesus Himself models the best spiritual antioxidants for strengthening ourselves against
temptation -- the godly discipline of reading and obeying God's Word.
Are you polluting your spiritual immune system with junk food -- the pollutants of the world's system? Let's commit to daily filling our hearts with God's Word and fighting temptation like Jesus did: It is written...
The Lord in his suffering... provided a path of triumph which we can walk. The Word, watchfulness, prayerfulness. That's it. No magic. That's how you deal with [temptation]. Pour the Word in. Stay alert.
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1 comment:
Good one!Thank you for posting....
Joshua1:8 Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it.............
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