“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” 1 Corinthians 10:13 .
The second key
to victory over temptation is to know without any shadow of doubt that the God
you serve is a faithful God. He is dependable, reliable, unchangeable
,unmovable.
When
you sit on a chair, you are confident that the chair can carry you. You do not
carry it up, examine it, look beneath it before sitting on it. That is faith.
You act because you believe the chair is capable to carry you.
God
wants you to have unshaken faith in Him that no matter what you are going
through today, if you hold on to Him, you will surely see victory.
Abraham,
Joseph, Esther, Peter and many others overcame in the Bible because they
believed that God was faithful. In Psalm 119:90 The bible says his faithfulness
is from generation to generation.
In
2 timothy 2:13 the Bible says if we believe not that God is faithful he cannot
deny himself. In other words, even if you do not believe He is faithful, it
does not change the fact that He is. In
Hebrews 10:23, the Bible says, “Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised...” If
God makes any promise to you through His word, He is faithful and would bring
it to pass. In Revelation 19:11 his name is called faithful.
The
word ‘AMEN’ comes from the same root word as faithful. Amen means “so be it”.In
Revelation 3:14 his name is called Amen. When
you believe in your heart that the God you serve is faithful, you will see
victory over temptations.
Prayer/Confession: O Lord, you are
indeed a faithful God. You are too faithful to fail. I trust in you and I know
without any shadow of doubt in my heart that I will not be ashamed. I will see
victory and your name will be glorified in my life in the anme of Jesus.
Further Reading: 1 Corinthians
10:13. James 1:13-16.
Words of wisdom: God’s faithfulness
is forever.
Eagles Devotional: Ayo Oritsejafor Ministries (Word Alive Publications)
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