[Life Of David] A Night Of Passion Becomes A Life Of Pain Sample

Flee Temptation

Have you ever wondered how to flee temptation? I want to give you five things to be on the offense against temptation.

1. Be who and where God wants you. Be the man of God, the woman of God that He wants you to be. Be a person of Christ, meaning Jesus in you, that God wants you to be. Be who you are supposed to be as a believer in Christ, and be where you are supposed to be. If David had been the king he was supposed to be, he would have been where he was supposed to be, and what happened with Bathsheba would not have happened.

2. Love your spouse well. Give your spouse more intimacy, more attention. When you have that, you want to love your spouse well. You don’t want your spouse leaving your house hungry for attention or intimacy. Love your spouse well with words of affirmation, gifts, acts of service, and all the love languages. Whatever their love language is, pour it out and love your spouse well; that will keep you from being vulnerable to temptation.

3. Spend consistent time with the Lord. What a great plan it is to have consistent time with the Lord! A daily devotion, a daily time with God. It is hard to have a quiet time in the morning and an affair at lunch, right? Memorizing Scripture at lunch and then having an affair in the evening cannot be easy. The commandment of the Lord is light, and His teaching is a lamp; they will keep you from the ways of the wayward. Spend time in the Word of God; talk to Him; walk with Him.

4. Properly assess your heart for God and your temptations. Where is your heart for the Lord? Let your heart for God be a lingering heart. Many of us need to get to places fast, but there should be some time when you linger. Spend your lingering with your wife or with your husband, with the Lord, with believers who will hold you strong. Where are your temptations? Where is your heart? Where are you weak? Allow your knowledge of your weaknesses and temptations to be something you take before the Lord and lay before His cross.

5. Run, and run fast. Make it your mantra. Better to be thought rude than interested. So, when temptations present themselves, just say, “No,” and take off running. And do you know what? The Lord can see you through this. Joseph made it through the temptation, and he ran.

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