No test or temptation that comes your way is beyond the course of what others have had to face. All you need to remember is that God will never let you down; he'll never let you be pushed past your limit; he'll always be there to help you come through it.
The senior pastor of my church, Gary Brandenburg, came to our 6pm church service on Sunday night to preach. His sermon on desire was brilliant and was the topic of our discussion at small group tonight. Using the verses from Numbers about the Israelites grumbling about manna, to the verses leading up to this one in 1 Corinthians, we talked about how God has given us desire (lust is actually a neutral word) and we have perverted it and He is ready to redirect it. Somewhere else in his sermon, Gary clarified "testing" and "temptation." I was grateful for this definition because I have caught myself getting them confused.
God tests us. He tests us to refine us (remember: clay+potter=refinement) and when He tests us, He knows we can make it. The devil, however, is the tempter. He wants us to fail and he tempts us to set us up for a fall.
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