Temptation comes in all shapes and sizes. It is not some red dude sitting on your shoulder, but rather anything that tries to take your focus off God. It can disguise itself; making itself hard to see or hiding in something that seems good. It is the cheese in the trap; the bait on the hook; the inviting pond filled with hidden crocodiles; the Trojan horse; the lure of the angler fish. It finds many ways to disguise itself - in entertainment; in another person or relationship; in habits; in food or drink; in desires; in the form of a snake...
It is that voice that tells us "God won't mind," "it's not too bad," just this once," "you were born this way," "God doesn't love you," "you'll enjoy it."
The next time temptation comes a-calling, turn to God and focus on the truth instead.
God bless
~KR Ludlow~
