The Bible in 1 Corinthians 10:13 says, "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." So let's talk about these escapes routes. The Word says, "will with the temptation also make a way to escape" Many of you have written me letters of concern that you have not been able to escape temptation and what I want you to do is to really meditate on these words. "will with the temptation also make a way to escape" I'll share what I see with you. I too have had many battles with temptation that I lost over and over again until I began to use the tools that our Father gave us all. TEMPTATION AND YOUR ESCAPE ROUTE GOES HAND IN HAND. Here is the problem most of us have. We see temptation all the time but we forget to look for the escape that has always been there. So what does the escape route look like? The escape route comes in many forms but none will help you without you changing the way you see yourself fighting temptation. Let's explore some of the ways we should see the escape route. 1) Physically change your direction when you see temptation coming. If you are headed to a place where you know temptation lays in wait for you, don't go. Change your direction immediately. 2) Stay in a position of alertness. Many times temptation will appear in seasons. Every year, around the same time, here it comes. Start paying attention to your seasons and when this temptation shows up. 3) Pay attention to your surroundings. Temptation usually has a particular setting. When everything has been placed in a certain position the enemy will then say, "Now, temptation - come." When you see things starting to look like the setup, instead of walking right into it, began to create your own setup. It's really not that hard to do if you begin to shift your mind, you can send out your angels to the forefront to defeat the temptation before you even walk into the trap. 4) Our mouth is also our escape. There are so many ways that you can use your mouth to escape temptation. You can pray to God, make declarations, denounce the temptation, or you can use your spirit language. My spirit language has helped me escape numerous times until I had the strength to say "NO." And yes say "NO." It doesn't always provide your escape but it opens the door for you to engage your other weapons and we have so many in our arsenal. 5) The Word of God. This is one of your most powerful weapon against temptation. Temptation loves us Christians so it can be very aggressive in it's attack. Even our Lord and Savior Jesus had to fight temptation and one of His escapes was the Word of God. Matthew 4:4, "But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God." Notice how the word "Man" is capitalized? It's because when you use the Word as your weapon, you (Man) become empowered to defeat temptation just as Jesus was empowered by the Word of God. Let's stop thinking only about the temptation and how it has defeated us. Use your escape routes and defeat it. If you do, you will come out victoriously! Remember: Temptation = Escape when you begin to see it as one. Be blessed! Evangelist Cheryl Davies (www.fearnotministries.com)
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
Evangelist -
|