His Purpose Can Never Be Deflected

Let us muse again today from James 1:13 and a Proper Encounter With Temptation on the road to God’s Blessings. In being able to walk in victory over temptation we must realize that although God does not bring temptation He is still over it. In His capacity of being the sovereign over temptation His Purpose Can Never Be Deflected. Do remember that He was led of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil for 40 days and nights. In His model prayer He teaches us to pray, ‘Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil’. Peter said in his epistle that the Lord knows how to deliver the Godly out of temptation. It seems to me that His overall purpose in being the director over the sending of temptation is twofold. One, is for us to see that by the arm of the flesh we can never say, No, to sin. The second is to realize in the hour of temptation that it has been sent to drive us to the wounded side of our Saviour to hide under the wings of His presence.