Tuesday Reading: 1 Corinthians 10:6-13
Key Verse: 1 Corinthians 10:13
13 No temptation has taken you but what is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but with the temptation also will make a way to escape, so that you may be able to bear it.
Devotion:
The more we give in to things in our lives, the more we are likely to give into them in the future. The more we do something without thinking, the more habitual it becomes. We continue to sink into a state where we habitually give in to our carnal desires; and the more we do, the stronger those desires get. We need to stop them before they get to the stage where they are our lives! This is why we do have God’s Word; so that we can know what is wrong.
So many stories can be read from the Old Testament about the evil that people did. Each book highlights many facts about the times that the people rejected God and the time that they followed Him. The books of Kings and Chronicles will tell of the kings that followed God and those that rejected Him. When the people were ruled over by evil kings that rejected God, they would fall into evil or hard times. The prophets write about these times and recount the evil that was going on. Each time God would send warnings through the prophets to warn the people and kings to turn from their evil ways and to follow God’s ways; each time He would get rejected because it was the kings making the choices for themselves rather than for God. The harder they tried to stand by themselves, the harder they would fall...
Each one of these times is given to us as an example so that we will not have to go through the same things. All we need do is to read about them and find out how bad things can get when we go it alone. We need to take into our hearts what was done wrong and to turn our backs on that which is wrong; we need to turn and face Christ because He alone is our Redeemer! He wants us to come to Him and depend on Him so that He can show us His never-ending love. He will not allow us to get deeper than we can handle when we do get things wrong, but He will encourage us to get things right!
Points to Ponder:
Do you have many bad habits?
Do you not fear what may happen to you?
