We never forget, it continues to pester our every waking moment, every thought always seems to land upon that one thing... we keep telling ourselves "I'll never be free of it, so what's the point?" It begins to brand us, inked all over us like tattoos on our body, one after another, until our whole body is marked and scared by our sin.
But can we actually escape the scaring? The painful memories of failure and mistake in our life? I have asked myself this question so many times, and how do He answer? with 1 Corinthians 10:13, He responds by saying, "I always give a way out." The first statement in this verse is that no temptation is to strong for us, but is it really, for us individually it will always come out as the victor, but look at the second par. "God is faithful, and He will not let you be tempted beyond your ability." What is this statement saying exactly? That we can not handle our sin and temptation with out Gods strength, now don't get me wrong here, God is not a magical genie you can rub out of a lamp when its hard. Relying on God's strength is far more then that, it's being able to admit you can't do it on your own, it's leaving all you know behind and giving him the x-box 360 controller of your life. And I'm not saying it will be easy and happy fluffy clouds and flowers all the time, faith in God is not a feeling, if you believe in God because it will make you feel good I'm sorry but you are looking in the wrong place. This place is one of constant war with our world and ourselves.
Now I'm not saying lets start shooting up places because we are Christians, far from it, I am talking about spiritual war. This kind of war has been one that had gone on since Eve took the apple, since the first sin was committed into existence, this war is one where our weapons are folded hands, a book and other believers. Those three things are our strongest weapons against probably the worst ever enemy we have ever known, an enemy that knows us to the core, an enemy that will fight against you the rest of your earthly life. That enemy well it's you... you, your sin, your temptations, your worldly, physical, mental desires.
So you are probably asking yourself, "how can I escape, well me?" That's the easy part, the hard part is what comes next.
When Mary discovered that the tomb of Christ was empty and told the other disciples, and Peter and John ran to the tomb, it was easy to run there, but the hardest part was to go in, see the left behind rapping and believe that Jesus was risen.
In conclusion we can never win these battles, we will never be able to overcome temptation, but there is one who has, there is one who will, and there is one who can lift you up and support you. His name is Jesus, letting Him in is easy, it is what lies ahead that will be hard. But I will leave you with this;
"Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing." - James 1:2-4
"For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us." - Romans 8:18
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