Is There Good in Temptation?

No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man . . . —1 Corinthians 10:13

Temptation is common to all men; but unique to each. We all face temptation; but the temptations we face fit our individual natures. For some, we are drawn into the traps into which we have a habit of falling. Satan is no fool; he will continue to use methods that work until they work no longer. Once we successfully resist; he will move on to something else.

Some of the most beguiling temptations do not tempt us to do evil,but suggest a possible shortcut to the realization of my highest goal— it does not direct me toward what I understand to be evil, but toward what I understand to be good. Such temptation is something that confuses me for a while, and I don’t know whether something is right or wrong.These temptations raise the old end-justify-the-means arguments. Such temptations have led to the downfall of many ministries. The basis is usually a failure to trust God and a reliance on ourselves to know his goals and to accomplish them.

Temptation is not something we can escape; in fact, it is essential to the well-rounded life of a person. Beware of thinking that you are tempted as no one else–what you go through is the common inheritance of the human race, not something that no one has ever before endured. God does not save us from temptations–He sustains us in the midst of them (see Hebrews 2:18 and Hebrews 4:15-16).

The temptations that come tell us much about ourselves and moving through them tells us much about our God.
 

Depend on our own power and fall.

Resist with His help and be blessed.
Nick