Genesis 25:1-34; Job 31:1-40; Matthew 13:24-43
Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone. James 1:13 NKJV
We live in a world full of sin and temptation and the devil and our ungodly culture have made many tempting sins seem normal. James warns us that we need to guard against all these enticing things and he also affirms the fact that God does not tempt us. Instead, we know that from God, “Every good and perfect gift is from above”. Let us rest in the fact that God gives us all that we need to stand against temptation. The only way to overcome it is to look to Him. —Caleb Riordan
Gazing on His glory there,
I may reflect His image here. —Charles Wesley