Temptation Barges in…
When ever you are making new ground in your walk with God do not be surprised if temptation is right there yelling in your face… and it will. It is important as a follower of Christ to be aware and always alert because temptation will try to seize you at the most unexpected times it seems no matter what the temptation may be lying, cussing, sexual stuff, negative thoughts… anything…
But just as it is important to be ready for negative things and prepared to encounter them. It is also extremely important to be proactive and even more ready to the the things the Lord has called you. This is why this temptation has fallen upon you in the first place to distract you from what you were made to do… Have a relationship with your Creator, your God.
Ephesians 2: 1-10
As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our sinful nature and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature objects of wrath.
But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus.
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
