It has occurred to me that we (or at least I) complain about temptation towards sin. We are told in scripture that God never allows us to be tempted beyond our means to resist it. But the simple fact is.....we are very poor at resisting temptation.
Therefore, it seems plain to me that we should take every precaution to avoid temptation. And a real key to this is NOT THINKING ABOUT IT. I have found that the more I concentrate on resisting my temptations the more importance I give them and the more hold they have on me. Because of this it is vital that we do not dwell on temptation, but deliberately direct our minds to loftier thoughts. I shall elaborate further upon this in a future post.
God Bless - N
