Be Still And Know

1 Corinthians 10:13 NLT    'The temptations in your life are no different from what others experience. And God is faithful. He will not allow the temptation to be more than you can stand. When you are tempted, he will show you a way out so that you can endure.'    Temptation is an inner compulsion to do something. I can control it, until I give in to it. Then I am subject to its consequences in ways that I wasn’t while only tempted. Temptation is never sin, but the physical fulfilment of temptation is. All of us are tempted, and all of us sin. The consequences vary in the degree to which they impact me and the world around me, yet each is equally offensive to God, and a denial of his grace. My long-term challenge is in identifying what’s temptation and then in resisting its allure.    Sin, those times when we’ve fallen to the allure of temptation, can be the reason for our despondency. I often feel I’ve failed God, myself and those who trust me. I do, of course, have the opportunity to confess and find forgiv