Faith handles temptation better

There is what we say we want, and there's what we think we want. Temptation points to what we actually want. This is what the Book of James teaches us, and it's an amazing way to understand the new nature we have received in Christ Jesus. The Epistle points to desire as the original basis for temptations. Here's how the Scriptures put it:

Jam 1:13 (NIV) "And remember, when you are being tempted, do not say, “God is tempting me.” God is never tempted to do wrong, and he never tempts anyone else. Temptation comes from our own desires, which entice us and drag us away."

It means temptations can actually act as a mirror, indicating what we really want because they were created by a desire within us. As opposed to what we think we want, which is what we ask for. We always ask wrong because we are asking according to our limited understanding. Irrespective of how we get untangled in temptation, the answer is always faith in the Love of God.

At the root cause of every sin is always unbelief. We fail and fall because we don't believe that God knows best regarding that false desire. Essentially failing to accept God's goodness, love, and power. At the moment we give in to sin, we don't believe in God any longer. Thankfully, God's also so sin is never an issue before God and His children.

It is in understanding this process that temptations mature us. Every time we are restored to God, by reason of His Grace (,Unconditional Love) Mercy (Unfailing Love) and Peace (Atonement), our confidence in God increases. On the path to spiritual maturity, every temptation becomes a stepping-stone rather than a stumbling block when you realize that it is just as much an occasion to do the right thing as it is to do the wrong thing. When we say no to sin, we've dealt with the deception that was created by the false desire. It gets easier over time.

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