Temptation And Its Demonstration

Let us muse today from James 1:14 and a Proper Encounter With Temptation on our road to God’s Blessings. You may ask, how does temptation operate in my life? How does it demonstrate itself in the life of the redeemed? I find in verse 14 there is a Condition For Its Demonstration. The text says, ‘it comes from our own lust’. The word ‘own’ speaks of ones personal DNA. There are areas in each individual life that are more susceptible to temptation then others. Satan is very familiar with these areas. The word ‘lust’ has to do with one’s thought process. It is a longing for what is forbidden. It has the idea of setting the heart upon what the providence of God has not given. It is an inward appetite for what God has not sanctioned. It means to satisfy a human appetite in an unholy way. Lust always begins with a thought before there is an outward demonstration of sin. Do  you know, are you familiar with, your own areas of lust and entice?